Code is the basis of all things!

Really, it is. When I was looking at the Wikipdedia entry of the PlayStation 2 game Final Fantasy X, I found exactly what I would: a whole bunch of information on the game. However, when I clicked on the link available to edit the page, I was surprised by the amount of code used behind the scenes. It actually seems pretty complicated to me in some places. Whoa! So many parentheses and brackets!

I guess this really just goes to show that no matter where you go or what you do, everything on the internet is based on the same code. I did find it surprising that the editing window provided editors-to-be with several different help buttons at the top of the editing area. This is a wonderful idea! It's just like a word processor nowadays with the many helpful toolbars at the top of the page (or wherever you want to put them).

Next, I took a gander at Wikipedia's entries concerning Seton Hill University (SHU) and St. Vincent College (SVC). They both have a few strengths in my mind:

• the pages are relatively short = less scrolling for users


• and both entries offer users numerous links from which to better connect them with more specialized or specific information

• SHU: The Contents box that offers links to information later on in the entry is located in the middle of the entry, not the top where it might be more useful.
  
• SHU: There are links that could be added to further direct readers looking for more information concerning SHU's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, which has its own website.
  
• SVC: The entry is actually quite short. It may offer information, but it could feasibly possess more to better inform readers.
  

After looking at the history pages of each of the articles, I do have to commend editors for updating the entries at least once a month. Not all of the edits may have been shout worthy, but if it contributes well to the over-all entry, then I think they did well. Then again, if you look up the discussion pages for SHU and SVC, they are radically different. SVC's o considerably longer than SHU's because of the various Wiki-projects that pertain to SVC's article. SHU's discussion page is only under three or so WIki-projects.