User:Katyroman04

About me
I am a competitive cheerleader, a waitress, and a student. I’m lucky enough to call the pacific northwest my home. Watching sunsets at the beach and reading are my favorite things to do. I am a person who thrives off my beliefs and faith in God. Hard work, loyalty, love and determination are the attributes that shape who I am. Animals are my comfort, especially dogs, as I myself have two. People who have dogs are likely to be less stressed and even possibly live longer.

My Wikipedia Interest
In my earlier english classes, I was always told to never use wikipedia because it is not a credible source. This website is filled with valuable information that should not be ignored. When looking through wikipedia, I would like to see if I can pin point fact from opinion. In particular, pulling out the information that is credible compared to information that has been edited or based on personal views. I believe that looking on here for information will give one a broader understanding of the information because one not only sees fact but sometimes opinion. I hope to be able to grow my knowledge on things, and help the website lose the stereotype.

Article evaluation
I’ve always grown up having dogs, my favorite being my beagle Billy. I love her looks and personality and have always been interested in the history of the Beagle breed. As I have been yearning to be able to learn the history of my dog and know it is reliable so, I dug deeper and found one of the oldest beagle breeds, the North Country Beagle. I visited the North Country Beagle page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: its most current as possible citations, no irrelevant sections or sentences and its non biased claims and language.

Current Citations
In some Wikipedia articles I come across, I have noticed that at times there are a lot better sources that are more up to date or reliable that the pages could have used rather than the ones chosen. At first, I thought this situation was the case with the article, North Country Beagle, because of the fact that the sources chosen were from the 1800’s. As I looked deeper, I realized that the breed went extinct in the early 19th century, so those sources are the most reliable and as current as they could be. Any newer sources were only pulling information from those original sources. Considering that the species is extinct and no more information can be provided, this information is up to date.

Irrelevant Sections
After reading the page over and over every detail is important to the main topic and has something to do with the topic at hand. The article was either stating information directly about the North Country beagle or was stating the information of other breeds that made the dog the way it was. The article was short and straight to the point. There is very little information about the North Country Beagle, so the information there is not stretched by insignificant details.

Non-biased Claims
This article does not present any biased views or language. Throughout the article there is nothing saying the dog was superior to it’s near competitor, the Southern hound, whose existence was similar. It insisted on the existing facts and even proposed other beagle or hound breeds of the time, explaining their qualities and the similarities between the two.

Summary
Overall, I’d say this is a pretty good article and I would recommend it to others interested. The information is as current, reliable and as thorough as it can be. The article has no biased opinions, and it stuck to the point throughout the entirety of the article. Since the breed and the sources are old and there is not much information on the dog, we cannot be sure the information is  100% accurate but since each source is more than the same to the others, we can have more trust in the information.