Wikipedia Entry

My Wikipedia username is Maracot. Unfortunately, I have been away for Spring Break and was not able to post and monitor my entry before coming back, but i have posted it, and so far, its still there :)

It can be found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abduction

and the my contribution was the portion title Child abduction and the Internet. What i wrote is as follows:
Child abduction and the Internet

The internet has become both a danger and an aid in the subject of child abduction. It is a place where online predators can communicate with potential victims. 1 in 25 youth receive sexual solicitations that included attempts to contact the youth offline.[2]

Because of the threat these predators pose, there have also been efforts to use the internet as a resource to prevenchild abduction or to help the families of those who have been abducted.

Organizations have set up websites where uers can go to gain knowledge or contribute help to stopping child abduction. Among these are the organizations Enough is Enough and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which have partnered with the online community Myspace to help keep the internet a safe place for children. In addtion to donating new database technology to Sentinel Tech[3] that enables websites to locate, remove and block convicted sex offenders, Myspace is also a sponsor of Enough Is Enough 's Internet Safety 101:Empowering Parents Program.

Myspace also features pages and groups dedicated to helping find missing children.

In external links, I also added the links for Enough is enough and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Hopefully my addition stays up there, but if it doesn't I have learned from this experience that the information that we put on the internet is very important because it is viewable by anyone. Which is why wikipedia takes entries so seriously, and has strict guidelines for what can be posted.