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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-09 Winter 2016

My real name is: Odalis De La O Cortez

My Research Topic is: Hip-Hop

Key words related to my Research Topic are:social political in Hip-Hop

Part 1:

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.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop

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

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

This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding or removing subheadings. (March 2013)

Write an 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?

This is warning the reader that the Article may be hard to read because of how long it may be

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 warning that is in that banner.

2. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article? yes, it summarizes the topic really good.

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 its clear and straight to the point

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

yes it covers most aspects not all but most

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

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.

only some are reliable sources but most were blogs

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 it was pretty clear

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

it talks more about the history of it

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

when it talks about people it is referring mostly to African American d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic? It leaves out a lot of the social political side of hip-hop e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic? they're all about the same but some are shorter f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes? no

g. Look at the “View History” 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? not really __________________________

Part 2:

Evaluate the Wikipedia article you selected using the CARDIO method. Write your answers following each word below:

Currency (When was the last update of this article? hint: check the View History)

the last time this was updated was February 2nd 2016

Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?)

come are scholarly journals

Relevance (to your research topic) yes they are very relevant

Depth It goes some what in depth but not as much as I would hope

Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.)

scholarly journal research article

Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?) so that we can gain more knowledge about this topic