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Week 9 (Group Evaluation of Article):

Article Title: Aseptic Processing

Classification: Start class, high-importance

'''Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?''' ''In the first paragraph, the article goes off tangent mentioning pharmaceutical uses which is irrelevant to food application. This could be a distraction, as this is the only sentence that addresses pharmaceutical applications throughout the article.''

'''Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?''' ''Yes, this article remains relatively neutral. The article does mention pros and cons of aseptic packaging, but there is equal amount of focus for each."

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The article remains relatively neutral, although the article could go into more detail of the pros and cons of aseptic packaging.

'''Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?''' ''This article has 10 references, which is a decent amount of references for the amount of information provided. All links provided for the citations work, however, the sources used for this article are mostly 3rd party websites and newspaper excerpts, which can be bias. There is only one book reference and no scientific journal references, which is concerning.''

''' Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?''' ''Only one reference is from a reliable book source. All other references are coming from 3rd party websites or newspaper websites. These references could be bias and should be avoidable, if possible. More textbook and scientific journal references should be used instead.''

'''Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?''' ''Half of the references are from the 2000's, which is not out of date, however, the other half of the references from the the early 1990's, which could be considered out of date. The only valid book source in the referenced is from 1995, which is outdated - the new version/edition of the book should be used instead.''

'''Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?''' ''The talk page is lacking conversation. The conversation between users on this article is about editting external links/references. There is no discussion about how to represent this topic or if any information should be added.''

'''How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?''' Start class, high-importance

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Wikipedia provides a general overview of what aseptic processing is, however, does not go into detail about the process and application to different food products, as discussed in class.'

Week 9: Possible Topics for Articles

Article 1: Food drying ''Start class, high importance; not enough information provided for this topic. This article should include ways drying could effect quality of food, addressing nutrition, etc.''

Article 2: Drum drying ''Stub, low importance; not enough information provided for this topic. This article only has one paragraph of information and only one reference. This would be a good article to add to.''

Article 3: Aseptic Processing ''Start class, high importance; barely any information provided. This article should elaborate more.''

Article 4: Blanching (cooking) Stub, mid-importance; This article only has one section, so more information and references could be added

Article 5: Salting (food) Stub, mid importance; a lot could be added to this article (especially references because this only has one reference.

Week 6: Evaluating Articles and Sources

Article: Dielectric heating

Comments on Dielectric heating Article: there is a lack of citations and references. I have added a few references to the article from scientific journals and other valid sources.

The article is about dielectric heating, however, the article goes off tangent by dedicating an entire section for calculating the power.
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

'''* Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?''' ''The article remains neutral throughout. There are no claims or opinions that are for or against dielectric heating.''

* Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There is not much information about radio frequency heating compared to microwave heating.

'''* Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?''' ''This article lacks a lot of citations. Most of the facts presented do not have citations linked.''

'''* Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?''' ''No, this article really lacks references/citations. It is difficult to assess the bias of the sources, since there is a lack of references provided throughout the article.''

''Most of the references were from 2013 to recent, so the references provided are not out of date. The references is a huge factor in the article that is missing and could be added to increase validity of the article. Additionally, it would be great to have a section for food applications (in which I have added this).''
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

This article is rated: C-class and Mid-importance.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

This wikipedia article is different than class, because it does not go in depth compared to class and emphasis is focused more on power calculation than application.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Assigned topic: Ultra-high-temperature processing

Plan to contribute to article: (1) make a list of products that undergo UHT, because the live article only mentions milk (2) discuss shelf life of UHT processed products

Copy & paste live article paragraph that could be edited: UHT milk packaged in a sterile container, if not opened, has a typical unrefrigerated shelf life of six to nine months. In contrast, HTST pasteurized milk has a shelf life of about two weeks from processing, or about one week from being put on sale.[5]

copied from Ultra-high-temperature processing

"Lead section": Ultra-high temperature processing (UHT), ultra-heat treatment, or ultra-pasteurization is a food processing technology that sterilizes liquid food, chiefly milk, by heating it above 135 °C (275 °F) – the temperature required to kill spores in milk – for 1 to 2 seconds.