After reviewing the case, the accusation of doping was quite absurd. Although technology of doping is fascinating in the way that it enhances performance in athletes, Ye Shiwen should not have been accused. Officials clearly proved that her drug tests were all negative. In my posting on Wikipedia, I quoted Professor Jonathan Dugas of Loyola University in Chicago. He believed that Shiwen used performance drugs to enhance her energy and speed. I would disagree with Professor Dugas because if this was a 16 year old, MALE swimmer, the news and media would be praising the child, instead of accusing of doping. However, because Shiwen is female, her skills were overlooked by her gender. It's quite unfair for there to be a gender norm and stereotype that men are stronger or faster. In many cases and this one particularly, Shiwen proves that gender has nothing to do with how strong or fast you are. Women are just as capable of accomplishing and beating men and vice versa.
After viewing Ye Shiwen's Wikipedia page, I realized she didn't have an image. I searched other male swimmers and most of them had images. I decided to add on for her. With that said, I had trouble saving my edits and the image. I was able to preview them, but the site did not allow me to save my page. I screenshot my edits to show my progress.
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You picked a good subject that the Talk page indicates is part of a number of different Wikipedia projects, and certainly the issue of what constitutes a "natural" performance for a person of a given gender is relevant for our course, but the edits you made did not "stick" for a number of reasons. For starters, like many encyclopedias, Wikipedia limits the use of direct quotations. Second, as Professor LaFarge pointed out, reputable print sources are still valued as points of citation. Finally, images under copyright are automatically removed. Next time try to find an image either in the public domain or one licensed under Creative Commons.
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