User:Briemu22

About Me
Welcome and thank you for visiting my user page. I am currently a full time student enrolled at community college. My major is in Psychology because I have had a keen interest in true crime and in understanding how and why people act the way they do. The podcast, My favorite Murder, really sparked my interest in true crime and grew my passion for it. I am also an avid reader and occasional writer, enjoying all genres of books but mostly fiction. My family spends a lot of time outdoors hiking, camping, and playing sports. This helps keep our two dogs active happy and brings me joy too. People who walk their dogs feel more positive and energized and more connected with their dog.

My Wikipedia Activities
For my English class I have been instructed to use Wikipedia for different assignments and research, including the assignment of writing a Wikipedia Bio. Outside of class I will continue to use Wikipedia for independent research when it comes to learning more about psychology and crime. I think this site will be very helpful in gaining information about different people in history to study, details on interesting crimes, and general background on Psychology and related fields. I am unsure how much I will be contributing to the editing of pages but I will definitely enjoy gathering information from other pages and broadening my knowledge.

Article Evaluation
One of my biggest interests right now is true crime. I love to listen to podcasts and watch documentaries to learn more about crime and our justice systems process. Recently I became curious about more local murders and searched Wikipedia for “Seattle murders”. I visited the 2007 Carnation Murders article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: the article remained neutral with its information, the citations are as current as possible, and the citations are from reliable sources.

The first notable aspect of this article is that the writers were able to remain neutral while giving information. Throughout this article there is no bias when it comes to telling the facts about the case. Details are given about the actual crime in a way that doesn’t lean towards any side. I was able to learn about the murders and what happened to the suspects without there being any bias to the story.

Another important aspect is that the citations given were as current as possible. The latest citation used is a Seattle Times article from 2016 which is the most recent update. In edition, some of the citations were retrieved as recently as February of 2020 which tells me the information has been updated recently. I also double checked by googling the 2007 Carnation Murders and the most recent articles are cited in the article.

As well as the citations being up to date, they are also from reliable sources. Most of the citations are from a local and credible news source such as the Seattle Times. This is a credible source because it is near where the crimes happened and is well known for that area. There are a few other Seattle or Washington area sources like the Office of the Governor of Washington. This is a direct source so the information from there is credible.

There is a lot of information to be found when searching specific topics on Wikipedia. I found a great article that enabled me to learn more about my passion and something local. While reading these articles it is important to note aspects such as information remaining neutral, citations being current, and citations coming from reliable sources.