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Assignment #1: Evaluating a Wikipedia Article: Information Privilege
 * 1) I didn't find anything I thought was completely irrelevant.
 * 2) The article does, in my opinion, display heavy bias in favor of open access. Notably, they call information privilege an "injustice" and mention at length the advantages of open access without discussing the opposing side, outright mentioning that open access "... allows the voices of the most brilliant within a demographic to be heard..."
 * 3) The pro-open access viewpoint is entirely overrepresented, with all four sections in the article pushing for it. No attention is given to any other viewpoints.
 * 4) All of the links worked, though I noticed that two seem to be out of journals unavailable online and thus did not have links. The sources cited did reinforce their points in the article.
 * 5) Most came from reliable sources, such as the actual Declaration of Human Rights and several college peer-reviewed journals. The only source I found questionable was a Wordpress blog, which in itself didn't have many cited sources and was part of a social justice blog. The sentence referencing the blog does not note the bias.
 * 6) The only thing I found that could count as outdated was a 1997 Journal of Information Ethics, which was used to cite the more opinionated statements (including the above "voices of the most brilliant" quote.) As it is not available online, I cannot find and read it to take a closer look.
 * 7) While I do not see any conversation threads, the article is rated start-class (meaning it is underdeveloped and could not be citing reliable sources) and of low importance. It looks to only have one student editor.
 * 8) As stated, the article is rated start-class and low-importance. It is a part of WikiProject Libraries.
 * 9) I don't recall going over this particular topic in class, though I could have just missed something on Canvas.