Have you ever edited Wikipedia? Why or why not?

[orchid]

yes and i recommend everyone do so! even just simple things like linking articles together, fixing typos & adding/fixing reliable sources are a big help!

[Seryndelle]

I sure have, although only one was fairly substantial! I added all but one of the references on the page for the threefold model of roleplaying games; in other words, the way of looking at roleplaying games that says they're a combination of gameplay, drama, and simulation.

[Cobra!]

As a matter of fact, I actually host events to help get people editing the Scots Wikipedia. After the controversey broke out, I wanted to help out as I'm passionare about the language, and also the admin is an internet friend of mine, and wanted to make sure they were okay, as everything was driving him to suicide. I remember me and some other stayed up until like 5am calming him down and making sure he's safe.

I also update the news section of the main page of that Wiki. Notable because only a few people have the necessary permissions.

[Memory]

only when i see minor issues such as issues with punctuation or grammar. or to bring information more up to date. i may just make a page a little better when i see ways to improve it, but i don't go out of my way to check pages to improve them. it's the same case with other wikis like fandom or miraheze wikis.

[ayn_sweeet]

I adore editing Wikipedia! My friends all think it's somewhat lame, but I really enjoy it. 
I also love the "random article" feature. It has helped me learn about words and terms for things I didn't even know existed.

2 years ago I probably wouldn't give a rats ass about George Clooney... and honestly? I still don't. Yet I know everything about him from his date of birth to his early life, controversies and even his personal life now.  (you have Wikipedia to thank for that.)

[ayn_sweeet]

nowadays, i actually do occasionally edit wikipedia pages to correct or update smaller things; i tend to help out with pages surrounding my hometown since there isn't a whole lot of information on them, or things are severely out of date.

It’s cool to hear that you’ve shifted from messing around to actually contributing in a meaningful way. Helping to update and correct information about your hometown is such a great way to give back to the community   

[Fisher Moon]

No, because with every computer I've tried to use to edit, Wikipedia either flags it as a school computer (which was true, though I had a legitimate reason) or that I was using a VPN/proxy (I wasn't to my knowledge).
Since all the edit ideas I had were pretty minor (replace "he or she" with they, fixing some confusing grammar) I never really bothered to appeal or figure out what the issue was.
I use LibreWolf on a Windows 10 computer, if anyone has an answer readily available.

[PossiblyAxolotl]

I haven't done much editing but a while ago when the tetris company took my friend's game down I added a little note on it to the legal enforcement section of the tetris company wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company#Legal_enforcement

specifically the

In July 2022, the Tetris Company took down Playtris, a Playdate remake of Tetris created by developer ThaCuber, due to copyright infringement.[25] The GitHub repository is still available under the new name, BlockDate.[26]

but I haven't done a huge amount of stuff there, I actually had my own wiki for a bit where I messed around with writing little descriptons and documenting old projects but it's not up anymore