User:Austinhittle/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gary Gait

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I have a relatively good knowledge of Gary Gait, his playing career, and everything that he is done in the lacrosse community has been historical. On top of this it interests men which will help me focus on getting the best information I can.

Evaluate the article
While reading through the article, there is not any information that is irrelevant to the topic of Gary Gait. From his playing career to all his awards. The only part that was lacking is the lack of information of the lacrosse equipment brand that he and his brothers started in the early 2000's that has been operational since. I do not think that there could be any equity gaps/misrepresentation in a biography article. I also think they should keep looking into the work he is going now for the lacrosse community.

I do not see why the article would be biased in any sort of way other than it may be biased towards Mr.Gait simply because it is written about him. If someone wanted to write about a man, than they are either biased towards him or against him. It would be the only explanation to feel the need to write about another man, however I would assume if their is any bias than it would be positive position. The only viewpoint that I could say is underrepresented is the viewpoint on his family life and his life after lacrosse.

After Checking some of the citations, all worked and brought me to where the information that was written about is found. Most all of the information listed is cited either a lacrosse news website or news articles written about his accomplishment. It is wide spread of authors from all different backgrounds, though the majority of them do have a basic knowledge in lacrosse.

The talk page is pretty stale, it is just people saying how some of the wording in the article could be misleading, such as saying "regarded by many" and "widely regarded". The article is of high importance in the lacrosse section, low importance in both the British Columbian/sport and maryland history. It is part of the Wiki-project of lacrosse to help spread new information on the sport of lacrosse.