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Week 10: Article Evaluation
Article: Norm Maracle

1.Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

Yes, this article proceeded in a very neutral position. No biased opinions were made towards any of the team mentioned in the article such as, the Detroit Red Wings, or the Atlanta Thrashers. The only claims that were made in this article were condensed information from reliable sources.

2.Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?

No, every fact is no referenced with an appropriate reliable reference. As noted in the article there are multiple pieces of information that require a citation, as the information is closed by "citation needed" in brackets. Other than the information that is already noted, citations are needed for other pieces of information as well, such as some statistics. For example, the article states "Maracle finished the season with a 4–19–2 record and a save percentage under 90%," this information needs a citation so the readers can follow where to information is coming from and to determine if is it coming from an appropriate reliable source.

3.Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Yes, everything in the article is relevant to the topic as it relates to Norm Maracle.The article consists of Maracle's hockey career. junior and professional, under 3 different headings; Detroit, Atlanta, Europe. The article includes a Table of Career Statistics which is a well done visual to increase the interest of the readers. The only thing about the article that distracted me was the Personal Life subheading, and that fact there there is so little information regarding Maracle's life before hockey. Including more information about Maracle's personal life would be a great improvement to the article.

Week 11: Adding Citations
Article being edited: Norm Maracle

Citation #1

"Maracle is a Mohawk from the Tyendinaga Territory. This Territory is an Indian Reserve located in Belleville, Ontario. "

Citation #2

Fixing an exisiting sentence of inputting more accurate information. Under the subheading of playing with Atlanta Thrashers, Maralce finished the season with the record of 4-19-2 and with a save percentage of .890, the author claims the Save percentage is under 90 with no citation.

"However, Maracle finished the season with a 4–19–2 record and a save percentage of .890. Maralce's save percentage put him in 43rd place out of 83 eligible goaltenders, to be eligible the goalie had to of played at least 20 games in the NHL season. The team did not make the playoffs in the 1999-2000 season."

The underlined information is the what has been changed/added.

Citation #3

Information on the Adirondack Hockey hall of fame was added.

"Later in 2018, on January 6th Maracle was honored into the Adirondack Hockey Hall of Fame in Glen Falls, NY. He was one of three former members if the Detroit Red Wings affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings, next to Neil Smith and Chris Tancill."