Expecting to plunge into the unbalanced labyrinth of words and "facts," blazing a trail of feminist triumph [and likely failure at the hands of quick-to-delete fellow editors], I rallied for an all-day editing bonanza. However, after some time spent combing through numerous pages to no editing avail, I realized a few of the difficulties inherent to the process. Looking to improve articles requires seeing what is not there — a talent in itself. Then you have to be familiar enough with the subject to make interventions that are worthwhile and will withstand competing fingers posed at the ready to undo. Adopting the succinctly informative but wholly unopinionated lingo of Wiki was also a somewhat arduous task [for me, at least, as I tend toward littering every sentence with adjectives]. It turns out the path to trailblazing is itself somewhat complicated to traverse.
Ultimately, I was no super editor, leaping patriarchal Wiki exclusions in a single bound. But I did achieve small edits, that have not been removed after more than a week. Now that I have the hang of the technical aspects and a more realistic understanding of the process, I hope to make many more edits.
I added information to the Sally Mann article. She's one of the most lauded American women photographers in the art form's history. I saw her speak with another highly-regarded woman photographer in what was one of the most incredible discussions on what it means to be a woman in photography I've ever been privy to. The links I included with the edit take the reader to a transcript of the talk, so hopefully some other young female photographer will be inspired by their candid words.
And I copy edited the Electronic Civil Disobedience article, which was riddled with grammatical errors.
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