User:Beniwise

About me
I am a father, husband, student, employee, musician, coach, and brother. I guess you could say I wear quite a few hats. Some of my hobbies include playing guitar, woodworking, coaching little league baseball, and playing men's league slow-pitch softball. Studies done in the Netherlands found that people who practiced music for more than 100 minutes a day showed a significant drop in blood pressure and a lower heart rate than those who didn’t. A couple other things I enjoy are skateboarding, playing basketball, and exercising.

My Wikipedia interests
My interest in Wikipedia currently is to use it primarily to complete my college assignments that have been given to me as part of my course requirements. In the future I believe I may continue to update my Wikipedia page bio, as well as use this as a tool for research.

Article Evaluation
My family moved to the city of Arlington, located in Snohomish County, Washington in 1991. I attended primary, and secondary school in the Arlington School District which is what drew my attention to gathering more information on my high school. I visited the Arlington High School page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: its missing information, its lack of information regarding the history of Arlington High School, and its lack of citations.

Missing Information

This article provides some outdated statistics and is missing information. For example, the number of students is listed as 1,636 however when you click on the referenced article the total number of students is listed as 1,657. The Wikipedia article mentions nine sports and activities combined but upon further investigation I have found that Arlington High School currently offers 49 sports and activities for students.

History of Arlington High School

Another thing I noticed about this article is that it never mentions the history of the old Arlington High School and almost gives the impression that Arlington High School was first built in 2002 and did not open until 2007. However, Arlington High School has many decades of history prior to 2002 that have been left out from this article and can be found here. Through my own personal experience, I also know the new high school opened prior to 2007 because I attended the new Arlington High School in 2003. Many other Wikipedia pages for local high schools provide a section on the school’s history like this page for Lake Stevens High School.

Citations

This article could benefit from a large improvement in terms of citations. While there are some, there are a lot of mentions in the article that do not have a citation to support the mentioned fact. This article could benefit from using reliable sources to verify the information provided. For example, the article mentions a 2010 WESCO championship win but does not provide a citation to support the statement. In four mentions of championship appearances, only one referenced a supporting link at the bottom of the article. In total, there are only three references listed at the bottom of the page, however they support old or outdated information.

Summary

Overall, I would rate this page as “poor.” The page lacks verified citations and doesn’t provide an accurate representation of Arlington High School or its history. There are very minimal sources and mentions of anything the school has to offer students. The article also lacks decades of history about the previous Arlington High School prior to the new school facility being built in 2002. Lastly, the article could benefit from including citations to support the facts and statements made.