User:Datboyyc2/sandbox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Datboyyc2/sandbox

My real name is: Chris Alexander

My Research Topic is: Dance

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Dance and Music

Next examine Wikipedia articles that are directly related to your Research Topic and select a substantive article to evaluate. This could be an article about an idea (e.g., I might choose the one about Trance) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley). Answer the following questions:

I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: (for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.)

Use the criteria from the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure to evaluate the article. (Get your copy from the Reference Desk.)

1. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? No

* racism

If there is a warning banner, copy and paste the warning banner here.

Write a brief explanation of the reason the issues mentioned in the warning banner are important. For example, if the issue is “needs additional citations for verification,” why does that matter?

It could start up a argument because its being bias.

Please note: If the article you are evaluating does not have a warning banner, choose a warning banner from a different article and explain the warnings that are in that banner.

2. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article?

yes its easy to understand. also describes the different cultures.

3. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and foonotes at the end?”

yes, they was in the right order also notes at the end.

4. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic?

yes what they saying is balanced well. Ye I am able to understand.

5. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay?

yes because it has both sides of the story for black men and white.

6. Are the references and footnotes citing reliable sources? Do they point to scholarly and trustworthy information? Beware of references to blogs; look for references to books, scholarly journal articles, government sources, etc.

yes they is reliable because they have sources on there like the journal.

7. Look for these signs of bad quality and comment on their presence or absence from the article you are evaluating:

a. is the lead section well-written, in clear, correct English?

yes in the article its clear.

b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”?

the article is neutral.

c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts?

a group of people, scientist

d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic?

no it didn't leave out any information.

e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic?

there not overly long, but they to have there difference in different ones.

f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes?

no not at all it has good quality of notes.

g. Look at the Talk Page for the article. As you read the conversation there, do you see hostile dialogue or other evidence of lack of respectful treatment among the editors?

When I scrolled down I didn't see any comment or nothing.