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Article evaluation
Final Topic: Information Theory

Article Review
[April 15th, 2019] Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)

Q1. Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? I feel like the article focused more on the impact of sampling and not on what it actually is. Q2. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article is biased against those musicians and entertainers that misuse the music they are sampling. Q3. Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented or under-represented? The viewpoint of those benefitting from resampling is underrepresented. Q4. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? The links do work, and the sources are surprisingly accurate! Good job community! Q5. Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? The facts are referenced as a whole, instead of individually. The information comes from scholarly journals and published books. The bias is present, and is not noted. Q6. Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? The information appears up-to-date. I would like to see a more holistic approach to the idea of music sampling including a technical representation. Q7. Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There is an in-depth conversation going on behind the article with regards to the representation of a particular artist. The discussion is about the artist's use of sampling and his originality. Q8. How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is not rated and is not a part of any WikiProject yet. Q9. How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? There is less control in the way citations are crafted. Editors seem to be more interested in representing their ideas, instead of finding valid sources from which to cite.