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Username: ivmarton

I use wikipedia every day just to get some quick knowledge on some random curiosity i had seen somewhere else on the internet or on TV. I would have never thought i would contribute to a well known website such as this.

I initially choose the deepwater horizon oil spill, but that page was locked, so i looked to a major player in the oil spill: BP.

I am a more timid person, i dont like stepping on peoples toes. The first revision i had was relatively safe, citing that BP had a hearing in congress and that in this hearing blame was shifted. Through the week i saw that this revision change in grammar, wording, but the basic idea lived.

My next revision was in the same section. I cited a quote by the CEO of BP of him saying that compared to the big ocean, the spill is relatively tiny. (Which i thought was absurd.) So i included some of the potential impacts to the area including environmental, fisheries, and tourism. This revision was taken out little by little until all of it was gone 2 days later.

The next revision i made was citing the want of scientists to study the flow of the oil from the leak in order to find out the real rate of flow. To which BP replied that it would not be beneficial. I left this revision the way it was to see if it would last.

My Final revision elaborated on my opinion on why BP did not feel as though the real flow rate was important. This was deleted within 13 minutes because of personal opinion.

As this is an on-going situation that has not been resolved, there are a lot of facts being placed out in the open. Some get added. Most of my additions were cited so they survived. My personal opinion did not. It was very interesting viewing the edits on the page. One contributor had completely deleted the deep horizon spill heading and the contents to which many users responded on his talk page as to why he is doing it, and how he should get a username, as well as people who accuse him of being paid by the BP corporation to spin the article. I saw some unreliable sources been pointed out. However i never had anything posted on my talk page throughout the 6 days i was part of this expansive community.