Sock Monkey Analysis

The sock monkey article on Wikipedia has three sections: origins, sock monkeys today, and sock monkey festivals. The introduction is very brief and only has two sentences but it is a basic definition of what a sock monkey is and that they are a blend of United States and Canadian cultures. The origins sections described how sock monkeys originated in the Victorian era, but at that time they did not have the classic red lips or bottom. This section also states the Nelson Knitting Company and its founder and how they influenced the sock monkey’s present iconic appearance. The third paragraph in the section explained how the Nelson Knitting Company received the patent for sock monkeys in the late 1950’s. One of the biggest problems that the origins
My initial plan was to remove the advertisement-like tone that was flagged by a Wikipedia user. I assumed they thought that since most of the information was cited from the same book, that it therefor gave the impression that the book was being advertised. I also wanted to change the introduction because I didn’t think that a simple definition was enough. I viewed having only two sentences was too plain. I also wanted to add and reorganize information in the origins and Sock Monkeys Today section for a more informative and logical flow. One specific piece of information I wanted to add was Tony Millionaires comic book since it has its own Wikipedia page and I wanted to be able to hyperlink it to that page. I also intended to research different pieces of literature or movies sock monkeys make an appearance in. The third section of Wikipedia was the Sock Monkey Festival. When I first made my editing plan, I didn’t think the festival was important because there was not enough information that would indicate significance and there were also no citations. I also hoped to add a picture on the Wikipedia page even though there was already a picture on the