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Motivation Addition
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Please add this to the Motivations Part:
Among the motivations to contribute to health-related articles was that they began collaborating in order to correct errors in articles— out of a sense of care and responsibility, when it seemed that no one else was interested in a particular article. The goal was usually to bring content up to a professional standard. The most common motivation was the desire to learn and then share this knowledge with others, which became a source of personal fulfillment for many. In the medical field in particular, it was crucial for authors that information be presented clearly and verifiably. Negative experiences such as hostility and unfriendliness reduced interest in participating on Wikipedia, which was described as being related to the anonymity of Wikipedia: ‘When people are hiding behind anonymity, they become a lot less nice. And on Wikipedia, we already have a significant issue with civility problems.’ However, this was also seen by others as necessary. One person explained that using their authority could lead to their edits being accepted simply because of their status.[1]
The Other Karma (talk) 11:11, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Done, after editing for brevity STEMinfo (talk) 18:40, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
References
- ↑ Farič, Nuša; Potts, Henry WW (2014-12-03). "Motivations for Contributing to Health-Related Articles on Wikipedia: An Interview Study". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 16 (12): e3569. doi:10.2196/jmir.3569.
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Can we get a shortcut to Wikipedia_community#Motivation?
editPerhaps WP:WPCM, WP:WCM or WP:CM ThatMiddleSchooler (talk) 20:53, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
- They are not used in the article namespace Wikipedia:Shortcut. Moxy🍁 20:58, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
Comic Books - Pls add to whatever page deemed appropriate. Source: Individual Memory. Cross-ref as you please.
editComic Books
X-men (All-New, All-Different) GS (Giant-Size) #2: Introduction of the All-New, All-Different X-men. Art - Dave Cockrum. Team line-up: Cyclops, Thunderbird, Banshee (re-intro) X-men #94: Conclusion of Introduction. Villian. - Count Nefaria. Thunderbird dies. X-men #95: Villian: Krakatoa X-men #9x: X-men #9x: …
Note: Introduction (and re-intros) of titles, teams, and characters and their deaths are cause for collector interest.
The early 1960s marked a number of culturally iconic titles and the like: the Fantastic Four 1961 (incl. the eventual re-intro from the 1940s the Sub-mariner), 1963 Thor - a re-introduction from another publishing brand with the title Strange Tales, the Avengers which re-introduced Ant-man and the Wasp also from Strange Tales, and the X-men which was entirely a new introduction. The industry and these titles blossomed from there.
The late 1930s-50s is considered the Golden Age, the re-vamped industry in the 1960s the Silver Age. DC in the 60s, for example, was an entire re-branding of Detective Comics from the Golden Age. DC - while simply referred to in the 60s and thereafter as “DC” is an anagram for “Detective Comics” itself.
Other Golden Age publishers, some of which continued into later decades albeit as literally (and it should be noted, derisively) “pulp comics” which is what the comics were referred to even through the Golden Age since, while in the midst of the time no one considered it as anything other a continuation of a genre from days gone by. The term “pulp” also underlies the phrase “pulp fiction.” ~2026-27500-50 (talk) 20:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)