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Article Evaluation Exercise

Exercise: Evaluation Wikipedia

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Conservation_Institute


 * Evaluating content:

Anything distracting? No.

Info out of place? The 2nd reference entry seems odd and does not have a link to the source.

Anything missing? The page could have an “infobox” with image of CCI building, address, etc.

Improvements? Yes.

The “Programs” section could be reviewed to see if updated information is available since the main citation is from 1996 and the link is broken.

The “External Links” section has a broken link to the CCI. Here is the correct one: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute.html


 * Evaluating tone:

Neutral? Yes.

Heavily biased claims? No.

Viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented? No.


 * Evaluating sources:

Do the links work? As previously stated, the “External Links” section has a broken link to the CCI. In addition, the 4th reference entry’s link is broken.

Reliability? Yes, as the references are from organizations (e.g. museums, Canadian government websites, etc.) that are connected to the topic and are reliable sources of information. The only reference that I was unsure of at first was the 6th reference entry, which is a new article on the CBC website. After glimpsing over article, it does not have a bias and so, in my opinion, is a reliable reference.

Neutral? Yes.

Biased? No.


 * Talk Page:

Conversations? None.

Rate? Stub-class on the project’s quality scale and low-importance on the project’s importance scale.

WikiProjects? Yes, the WikiProject Canada

Discussion of this topic? I do not understand this question.

Wikipedia Contribution Assignment

Article: Coordination of Access to Information Requests System

Additions:


 * "A reproduction of CAIRS was developed and made publicly available by Alasdair Roberts" (need to add citation: Francoli, P. (2004, August 9). Professor’s database put on ice by TB decision: Development is being mourned by researchers and journalists. The Hill Times. Retrieved from https://www.hilltimes.com)
 * "Roberts acquired digital "monthly reports" from the Treasury Board of the "requests" made through the CAIRS" (need to add citation: Francoli, P. (2004, August 9). Professor’s database put on ice by TB decision: Development is being mourned by researchers and journalists. The Hill Times. Retrieved from https://www.hilltimes.com).
 * "In July of 2004, the reports were scanned and subsequently sent to Roberts in PDF format" (need to add citation: Francoli, P. (2004, August 9). Professor’s database put on ice by TB decision: Development is being mourned by researchers and journalists. The Hill Times. Retrieved from https://www.hilltimes.com)
 * The reports were unusable due to the lack of capacity to search the document, therefore rendering Roberts' database ineffective" (need to add citation: Francoli, P. (2004, August 9). Professor’s database put on ice by TB decision: Development is being mourned by researchers and journalists. The Hill Times. Retrieved from https://www.hilltimes.com)
 * Added citation to "The Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, also known as CAIRS, was a database of freedom of information requests made to the  federal government of Canada under the Access to Information Act" (https://justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/atip-aiprp/atia-lai/p6.html)

Modifications:


 * "By 2008, millions of documents are available through CAIRS" to be changed to : to "By 2008, millions of documents had been made available through CAIRS" (changed the verb tense)
 * "Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper explained this decision as a result of CAIRS being "deemed expensive, [and] deemed to slow down the access to information" to be changed to : "The database was shut down due to high maintenance costs and its inefficiency, as stated by the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper" (removed quotations by paraphrasing)

Update references' links:


 * 1) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tories-kill-access-to-information-database-1.705430
 * 2) https://web.archive.org/web/20080506124012/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080505.wqp_foi0505/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview
 * 3) This citation's link is fine
 * 4) Cannot retrieve source (should mention this in the Talk section)