User:Drewnor10

About me
I am a student, athlete, and hobbyist musician. I enjoy running as a cross country and track and field athlete. As a student, I’m interested in the STEM field, with computer science as my planned major. I have little experience with programming but there computer and information systems-related occupations outside of software development. I read pretty narrowly until recently, mostly staying in the realm of fiction. In broadening my scopes, I've started on older classics in fiction, such as "Les Misérables," and haven't found much enjoyment in non-fiction for leisure reading. I’ve played piano for eight years and general percussion for six years. Other interests of mine include adventuring through the outdoors. I also enjoy hiking and kayaking as my main recreational activities in nature.

My Wikipedia interests
Wikipedia has always been useful for random information as it comes up, however as I’ve come to see its value in the quality of references most articles have, using it to track down reliable sources is a possibility I am considering. For me, copy-editing would be as far as I would want to go for the moment, however possibly starting an article might be something I consider once I am more familiar with all the policies that have to be dealt with in that regard.

Article evaluation
I'm interested in tells since I've been taking a history class relating to ancient history, and the tells fall into its purview. I was also interested in its relation to places such as Tel Aviv, and what I could find about it. So, to do this, I visited the Tell (archaeology) article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: its extensive citations, broken pieces, and its great detail.

Broken pieces
The Tell article is not without flaws. It contains multiple unsubstantiated claims that require citation, broken wiki links, and a dubious as well as an original research tag. While these tags are few, it of course brings up validity questions of other parts of the article. And it of course can't be guaranteed that there aren't other issues with it as well.

Great detail
It wouldn't be fair to the article to not comment however on its depth. As aforementioned it comes in at about nine-hundred words, all on an "artificial topographical feature." This article also features an entire section on its etymology and formation. It goes in depth into a historically important structure with ties to the near-east history.

Conclusion
The Tell article has some issues, but overall I would rate it a "Great" article. It covered the issues I was interested in and lined up and even expanded my knowledge of what I have learned from textbooks. The information provided is as good as its sources, and its sources were pretty good, and there was a lot of them. There isn't much left to be desired from it.