User:Afoxcalledcallie/sandbox

My Topics

 * 1) Joshua Jackson
 * 2) The Hershey Company
 * 3) Lemony Snicket

I chose these topics mostly at random although I do like all of them. Joshua Jackson was chosen because he's Canadian and I thought he would be easy to find on the Canadian Encyclopedia website. The Hershey Company I chose based on the fact I was eating Twizzlers as I did this and couldn't find a secondary article on Twizzlers so I went for the company instead (who makes all sorts of delicious candy anyways). Lemony Snicket I chose because his books were the first to pop out to me on my bookshelf (with a grim reminder that I am still missing book 10).

My Comparisons
For the Joshua Jackson articles I looked at I found that Wikipedia had a lot more information on him ranging from personal and early life to a list of shows and movies he's been in. The Canadian Encyclopedia only talked about his breakout role and major roles as an actor and any movies he appeared in with bigger name actors. Finding the articles was simple on both sites with just a search of his name. Wikipedia wins this round especially since they include a picture with every article as well.

Both websites had a lot of information on the Hershey Company. Encyclopedia.com looks like it has much more than Wikipedia, but of course, Wikipedia has pictures to go with the article which is always a bonus. Each article has plenty of sources to choose from and citations. Finding the Hershey article on the secondary website was a bit harder as I had to get more and more specific with what I wanted while on Wikipedia all I had to do was type in Hershey and plenty of options came up. This is a tie as both websites has lot of information, sources and citations on the subject.

Wikipedia is strictly Lemony Snicket while Encyclopedia.com talks about the author's real name and other works published under his real name. Wikipedia is nicer looking to read as Encyclopedia.com is more like a wall of text which gets very tedious to read. Each of plenty of information on his books A Series of Unfortunate Events. Wikipedia has other works done under the name Lemony Snicket as well rather than listing other works done by his real name. I preferred reading from Wikipedia for this though as it was just easier on the eyes.

Overall I like Wikipedia best for just getting information as it's better laid out and usually offers pictures. The other websites are good for getting information and would be better to use for essays but you can always look at the sources and citations from Wikipedia for good sources as well. In my opinion, Wikipedia definitely wins just in how user-friendly and nice looking it is.

Joshua Jackson
Wikipedia article on Joshua Jackson

The Canadian Encyclopedia On-Line Article on Joshua Jackson

The Hershey Company
Wikipedia article on The Hershey Company

Encyclopedia.com On-Line Article on The Hershey Company

Lemony Snicket
Wikipedia article on Lemony Snicket

Encyclopedia.com On-Line Article on Lemony Snicket

Wikipedia Article Summary
The Wikipedia article on Joshua Jackson talks about everything from his early life, personal life, career and any awards he has won. It talks about where he was born, his parents, siblings, where he grew up and what schools he attended. It mentions that his mother is a casting director from Ireland and that he was raised Catholic. He was born in Vancouver, grew up in California until he was 8 years old, moved to Seattle for a short while and then back to Vancouver. The article goes into his relationship status, where he has lived in his adult life and arrests.

The article talks about his acting career, other actors that were considered for roles he received, and the acting agency he joined with when he was young. The article talks about his main roles and the cameos and guest-starred roles he had in between major films and shows. He had cameos and guest-starred in such movies/shows like Oceans Eleven and The Simpsons.

The article talks more about what he's done as a person as well outside of acting – including writing the first story for a comic book trilogy, and filming for a celebrity humour site titled "Funny or Die." The article gives a complete list of his filmography, characters played and awards won.

The Canadian Encyclopedia Summary
The Canadian Encyclopedia article talks about Joshua Jackson's acting career but only mentioning major roles with a total of seventeen films and shows credited in the article. It talks briefly about some roles he played, the year of the films released, if he won any awards in the title, where the films debuted and their directors. The article also touches on his personal life in the briefest of ways of saying he was born in Vancouver on June 11th, 1978, his childhood school and how his acting career started at the age of 11. This article has extra links at the bottom of it; one link leading to his IMDb. page and the other leading to a trailer for his Canadian film One Week that he starred in and executive produced.

The article lists the movies he appeared in as this (only some years provided): The Mighty Ducks (1992) (and it's two sequels), Dawson's Creek, Apt Pupil (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), The Skulls (2000), The Laramie Project (2002), Americano, Aurora Borealis, The Shadow Dancer, Bobby (2006) , A Life in the Theater, Fringe, One Week Lay the Favourite (2012), and Inescapable.

The article mentions two awards he was nominated for and has won. He was nominated for a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Bobby, and received the 2009 Genie Award for One Week.

Comparison Assessment
The two articles both have information as Joshua Jackson as an actor and some information on his personal life. But I find the Wikipedia article has much more information on everything about Joshua Jackson – including his acting career – than the Canadian Encyclopedia article had. The Canadian Encyclopedia article listed only seventeen films/shows Joshua Jackson has been in and the Wikipedia article has a complete filmography list with there being forty-four acting credits which is more than double what The Canadian Encyclopedia Article had.

Each article mentions his birthday, birthplace and a school he attended. The Wikipedia article goes much more in-depth talking about the different cities and states he lived in such as California, Seattle, WA, and Vancouver, BC. It also mentions three different schools he attended as a child, and the places he now lives in as an adult. The Canadian Encyclopedia article only mentions the city he was born in which was Vancouver, BC, his birthday and the school he attended when he moved back to Vancouver around the age of 8 years old.

The Wikipedia article has headings and sections for each part of Joshua Jackson's life listed as Early Life, Career, Person Life, Filmography, Awards and then two headings for references and external links. The Canadian Encyclopedia is just an article with no headings other than for two at the bottom. One is for the author of the article and the other is "Links to Other Sites" with a link to a trailer for his movie One Week and a link to his IMDb page.

The Canadian Encyclopedia article mentions a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for the film Bobby and that he won the Genie Award for Best Actor for the film One Week. Wikipedia has a full list of Award Titles and what he was nominated for and if he won. The have listings under the Young Artist Award, Young Hollywood Award, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, Satellite Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Genie Awards, and the Teen Choice Awards.

Overall I found that the Wikipedia article has much more information on everything while The Canadian Encyclopedia Article has a nice summary of major roles and events in Joshua Jackson's life.

References and Further Reading Comparisons
I touched on this in the general comparisons for the two articles but I will go more in-depth here about it. On the Canadian Encyclopedia article it only gives two links at the very bottom of the page both of which lead to the website [http:// www.imdb.com/ IMDb]. One is a direct link to a trailer of Joshua Jackson's film One Week and the other is just to his IMDb page. Neither have very long or interesting reads.

On the Wikipedia article there are 28 references and 2 external links. The references include articles spanning from at least 1998, links to video interviews and links to his profile on film based websites such as IMDb. While the people doing these interviews are not experts in the field of Joshua Jackson they are quite good at doing interviews and are able to ask him questions that he's free to answer in any way he likes so in that sense, Joshua Jackson would be the expert here depending on how he answers and what he chooses to answer.

Final Assessment
Each article provided information on his early life, major points in his acting career and what he is best known for. The Wikipedia article offered much more information about Joshua Jackson as a person and an actor while The Canadian Encyclopedia article touched briefly on his personal life and had mostly information about his bigger roles in films and television. Overall I would recommend the Wikipedia article as it as a complete filmography list, awards list and more information on his background life starting with the first heading "Early Life" in his article. It talks about his parents background, where he grew up, how he was raised Catholic and his parents' divorce.

The Canadian Encyclopedia Article does not have a complete filmography or a very in-depth look at his personal life. It mentions Dawson's Creek several times as that was his major breakout role but mostly just says he had a role in one movie or another without going into great detail.

The Wikipedia article also lists the characters he played in each film/show and Canadian Encyclopedia does not.

Overall I find the Wikipedia article has much more information than the Canadian Encyclopedia article does. It also has more references to articles and interviews used and two external links compared to the two further reading links that the Canadian Encyclopedia has – both of which lead to IMDb.

Additional Research Sources
Many of these are news article on Joshua Jackson from magazines or websites.

"Katie Holmes Calls Joshua Jackson Post Cruise Split To Talk Possible 'Dawson's Creek' Reunion Movie." ''International Business Times - US ed. '' 24 Sept. 2012. ''Academic OneFile. '' Web. 9 Nov. 2013.

Lindsey, Cherner. "Joshua Jackson Would Do a Dawson’s Creek Reunion If He Were “Out of Work for Enough Years”." New York Observer 11 July 2012: Regional Business News. Web. 9 Nov. 2013.

"Joshua Jackson." '' IMDb. '' IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2013.

"Man Of The Week: Joshua Jackson: A-." WWD: Women's Wear Daily 201.109 (2011): 8b-1. ''Business Source Complete. '' Web. 9 Nov. 2013.

"Joshua Jackson." ''TV.com. '' N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2013.

"Pilot." ''Fringe: Season 1. '' Writ. J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. Dir. Alex Graves. Warner Brothers, 2008. DVD.

Furman, Elina. Joshua Jackson. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1999. Print.

Renaud, Jeffrey. "Josh Jackson Goes "Beyond the Fringe" Comic Book Resources.  Comic Book Resources, 23 Sept. 2011. Web. 09 Nov. 2013.

Denton, Amanda. "Fringe Moves On: Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson Sign On To New Shows." Geek. GeekExchange.com, 27 Aug. 2013. Web. 09 Nov. 2013.

McFadden, Kay. "The Kids Are Alright -- Jackson Has Come Far From The `Chocolate Factory'" The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company, 19 Jan. 1998. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.

Rogers, Vaneta. "Actor/ Now-Writer JOSHUA JACKSON Goes BEYOND THE FRINGE." ''Newsarama. ''TechMediaNetwork.com, 22 Sept. 2011. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.