User:ClassicCamGil

About Me
Howdy! I am an 18 year old student from the Greater Seattle Area with a major passion for all things baseball, basketball and football. You could just boil it down and say I am a major sports buff. Being from Seattle, I am naturally a big fan of the Seattle Mariners and Seahawks, however, my true passion lies with University of Washington football. I have been a season ticket holder for multiple seasons now and it is the one thing I look forward to each and every year (other than opening day for baseball, of course). I hope to one day be come a sports journalist in the Seattle area, covering the Mariners. Some of my non-sports related hobbies include playing guitar, playing video games (particularly sports games but I often branch out), going to the gym (which is a great tool for helping with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety ) and watching professional wrestling.

My Wikipedia Interests
Naturally being a big sports enthusiast, I see myself editing and correcting sports related articles. I am constantly irked when I see incorrect information or spelling/grammar mistakes on Wikipedia and I hope to pitch in and assist in making the necessary changes.

Article Evaluation
One of my favorite bands since I was young has been Avenged Sevenfold. As a big fan of their music and a guitar player, their lead guitarist Brian Haner Jr. (stage name Synyster Gates) has had a sizable impact on me. I visited his Wikipedia page, and found three aspects of it worth critiquing: Its severe lack of citations, certain viewpoints being over-represented, as well as the article being quite out of date.

Over-represented Viewpoints
Another problem the article suffers from is the constant repetition of his nominations for awards. The largest paragraph of the article talks about the awards he has been nominated for, including silly and unnecessary things such as “Guitar World’s Snappiest Dresser and “Sexiest Male Guitarist,” in a poll done by Kerrang!. The constant reminders of his accomplishments are unnecessary and take away from his actual career section.

Out of Date
The final problem I found with the article was how out of date it seemed to be. Haner's band Avenged Sevenfold have released two albums since 2013, however, the article fails to make any mention of them or the following tours. The actual career section seems to abruptly stop around 2009, even then, the information that comes before it is slim. The article also fails to make mention of the passing of longtime friend Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan outside of one small sentence. The impact of his untimely death on the band and Brian himself is not truly covered.

Summary
Overall, I think the best way to describe this page is incomplete. There is lots of information available that is important and it is just not covered. The article also really struggles with citations, leaving them out for paragraphs at a time, and seems to have more of a focus on his awards and accolades than his actual career.