wikipedia respose

after reading the Wikipedia article about the different characteristics one of the main rules to a discourse community is that the community as a whole has agreed upon certain goals. in other words there is some kind of unwritten code of conduct that each contributor agrees upon usually dictated by someone else's previous entry. meaning that once you read something and you wish to edit it or add to it, following the previous persons style will be the accepted goal. I like too the very last rule that is found under the Wikipedia article and that is the members have to have suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise, in other words you have to know something in order to contribute to a discussion, and that be something as to expanding upon a particular point previously brought out in order to make that particular point clearer to future readers. These are just two of the rules that found interesting and i know this is the case because there are these unwritten rules that you can see while you are reading particular articles, and although much of Wikipedia information can be misleading, either due to out right lying or simply not having much knowledge upon a subject, that is why the last rule mentioned is needed so as to add relevant content.