User:Mckenyaiscoolio

About me
Hello, my name is McKenna. I am currently in my second year at Everett Community college, and I'm very excited to be taking this english class. My hobbies include playing my trombone, crocheting, taking hikes, and most recently I have taken an interest in being a gel nail technician. I have been playing the Trombone since I was ten years old, I originally started off with the trumpet, but soon learned It was not the musical instrument for me. Fun fact that I learned while I was in high school, the Trombone was an instrument that was used in worship, primarily in both Protestant churches and Roman Catholic churches, this went on for centuries, but nowadays it's less prominent than in previous centuries. Five months ago, I had a friend who was getting into Gel nail art and designs, she then encouraged and inspired me to get into the hobby as well. My first few sets, I had to learn the best ways to file, and prep the nail correctly to prevent damage to the nail bed. While gel manicures can be lost-lasting if set properly, they are also extremely tough on nails. Because a UV light lamp is used to cure the gel polish or get tips to the nail, it can cause peeling and cracking, nail brittleness, and if you continue to use it repeatedly after each manicure, it can increase your risk for skin cancer and premature aging on the hands. Which is why it's that much more important to properly remove them using a nail file and warm water with acetone.

My Wikipedia interests
If I'm active on Wikipedia in the future, my interests would most likely include researching Seahorses, this is due to the fact that I have recently had an interest in Nat Geo Wild documentaries. They are peaceful calming, and are a great method to put you to sleep at night. Seahorses are one of the only Males in the animal kingdom that carry the babies, instead of the Females. It begins with a dance on the fathers part, the Female and Male Seahorses twirl together, and change colors during the mating process. The Female the deposit's her eggs into the Males pouch. Almost ten to six weeks later, depending on which species of Seahorses, the Males will spend hours upon hours in labor, pumping the babies into the water. From there, the Seahorse babies will drift with their dad until they are grown.

Another one of my Wikipedia interests in the future will most likely bicycling, the reason for this being, is that my family wants to start cycling before the summer starts. Cycling can challenge the abdominal muscles while building core stability, due to the fact that you are required to balance on the bike in order to ride it. While balancing the body's center of mass over moving wheels requires you to balance on the bike. It engages your lower back, hips and abdominals.

Article evaluation
For as long as I can remember music has always brought me a sense of community when it comes to sharing it with others, especially the theory and history behind it. One of the best ways to keep informed about all things music, is to read music journals, such as The Musical Quarterly. I visited “The Musical Quarterly” article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: Its lack of notability, the lack of establishment behind the journal, and the information provided as to the contents of the journal.

Notability
While the article itself does use the organization's website as a source, I find that it's lacking third-party sources. The article on Wikipedia covering "The Musical Quarterly" uses a source that is affiliated with the journal. This page does not include sources that are unaffiliated and independent from the journal, this means that it's possibly lacking independent verification and support. The only citation that can be found, is within the first sentence of the article. I also find that this Wikipedia page fails to acknowledge and emphasize just how important this musical journal was for its time, and how it is still relevant in comparison to music journals such as the Journal of Musicology, Music & Letters, Black Music Research Journal, and Rolling Stone.

Journal History
I've noticed that many Wikipedia pages regarding music journals provide the history as to how the literature was established, more specifically speaking, how the journal came to be. However this particular Wikipedia page fails to do so, it does not mention the background behind the journal. While I do appreciate the article including those who actively worked on the publishing and editing of the journal throughout the years, it would be nice to know some of the journal's key milestones, how the journal evolved over time, and the founding story of the journal. In addition to this, it would be quite informative to know what the early years of this journal were like such, as its successes and struggles. This would add much more credibility to the page.

Journal contents
One thing that I found quite interesting about this page, is that it doesn't ever reference the specific contents as to what this journal is about. Although yes, at first glance it's quite simple to say that it's about music, there are a wide range of music journals that cover completely different topics in relation to music. There are musical scholarship journals, music journals that discuss theory, journals that cover Musicology, and music journals that cover upcoming musicians and artists. With some digging of my own, I discovered that "The Musical Quarterly" covers the writings of many famous and important musicologists as well as composers such as Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), and Aaron Copland (1900-1990). This journal focuses on the merging areas in scholarship primarily where new work in the study and research of new music is being produced and released. This journal even covers music and how it's created and consumed over time. The Wikipedia article itself could use an entire section talking about different topics that the journal covers.

Conclusion
Overall, I'd rate this article as "mediocre." While the range of information provided produced a standard background as to editors, publishers, and authors, its shortfall of information in relation to how the journal itself came to be as well as its lack of information on the journal's musical contents, left this Wikipedia page lacking important details and aspects of the subject. To add to this, the Wikipedia page is not very notable, the lack of third-party sources and emphasis on how important this music journal is, leaves you wondering if you could find more knowledge on the subject elsewhere.