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= Jimmy Wales Article Evaluation = Notes: The first thing I never knew about Jimmy Wales is that he's the co-founder of Wikipedia. Another thing I learned after evaluating the article about him, he also, co-founded wikia, a for-profit wiki hosting services where I go on there a lot on my spare time if I want to know about a specific video game and its history. However, I also learned him and two partners founded Bomis, a web portal containing adult content in 1996. I learned when he was studying at the University of Alabama, he had an interest in MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons). What I saw in this article is in 1994, Jimmy Wales took a job with Chicago Options Associates which is a futures and trading trading firm located in Chicago, Illinois that I found interesting and decided to put type it down in my sandbox notes. Jimmy Wales has taught at two universities while attending graduate school and again caught my attention while observing the article. I love how the authors or publishers wrote down a lot of detailed information about him for individuals who don't have any knowledge about him. Like I never knew he was married three times, and Wikipedia wasn't the first encyclopedia he created because Nupedia was launched in March 2000.

I found everything in the article relevant to the topic, because while reading the paragraphs in this article, I couldn't find anything that I felt wasn't relevant to the article's topic. None of the information distracted me while I was reading about Jimmy Wales, because everything I read kept my attention and made me continue to read more about him and what he did and accomplished in his life. I believe the article is neutral, because I didn't see any claims, or frames that appear heavily biased toward a particular position or topic while reading it. I didn't see any viewpoints that was over represented, or underrepresented because none of the information didn't included statistical studies about Jimmy Wales. Also, all of the information had enough detail. I have checked few citations and they work when I clicked on them and the sources do support the claims in article, because I have found the passage or information where the person has found in the website, or book about Wikipedia and its founder. Yes, each fact is with an appropriate, reliable reference. One of the information come from a website called Slashdot, and another comes from Wikipedia: The Company and Its Founders by Jennifer Joline Anderson. Another information came from Randolph school's website where he's an alumni on there with information about his past and his time as a student at their school. From what I found and seen there wasn't any bias about Wales and these sources remained neutral in my point of view. The information isn't out of date and I feel like maybe the author who found the information about Wale's marriages might put in the reasons why he or his wives decided to split. One of the conversations in the talk page mentions about specific quote if is really necessary to state in a opening sentence or paragraph of this article. However, Jimmy Wale's article is rated as B-class and this article is part of a lot of Wikiprojects like WikiProject Biography/Science and Academia, WikiProject Wikipedia, WikiProject United States/Indiana, WikiProject Chicago, WikiProject Alabama, WikiProject Computing/Websites, WikiProject Open, WikiProject Internet culture, WikiProject Finance & Investment, WikiProject Objectivism, WikiProject Version 1.0 Editorial Team/v0.7, and WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia. The way Wikipedia discusses this topic differs from the way we've talked about in class is how it's presented to the audience, and how much information on Jimmy Wales is presented.

= Bibliography Article Evaluation = Notes: I didn't know there was different branches of bibliography like there's enumerative bibliography, descriptive bibliography, and analytical bibliography. I also learned it was used by first three centuries AD Greek in order for them to copy a book by their own hands. What I saw or observed in the article was how much detailed information someone put down about the three branches of bibliography. Another thing what I saw in the article was a paragraph about people who can describes and lists books by checking out the author, the date it was published, what edition it is, and its typography. One more thing that caught my attention and made me learned the non-book materials paragraph that lists out three things who aren't books which are discography, filmography, and webography also known as webliography. I have heard of discography and filmography, but webography is new to me and I never these three things count as bibliographies until now.

Everything in the article relevant to the article's topic and I didn't feel any distraction in any of the paragraphs in the article that kept me from reading the entire Wikipedia article. The article is neutral, because after looking through it one more time I couldn't find any claims that look heavily bias towards a particular position or side. Again, I couldn't find any viewpoints or points of view who are over represented, or underrepresented from the people who edited the bibliography article. Some of the citations work after I clicked on a few of them, however, most of the citations are books without links. The fact or facts are appropriately, reliable reference because the information comes from websites and books who have people explain what is bibliography and how books can be listed as a bibliography. I say, the sources are neutral too, because I didn't see any bias that someone really supports about this specific fact about bibliography, or disagrees about something about it and believe this is what he or she thinks it is. The information isn't out of date in my honest opinion, and I feel like nothing was missing while evaluating this article. Someone in one of the conversations was asking if there rules on a bibliography section the person should look at on Wikipedia. Another person in a conversation explains the way he or she learned bibliography differently in Australia by saying, "a list of resources used to create a piece of work." This article is rated as a Start-Class and it's part of WikiProject Books, WikiProject Libraries, and Wikiproject Bibliographies. The way Wikipedia discusses this topic differs from the way we've talked about in class due to containing information about where it came from, the backstory of its name, and other way or ways how bibliography can be used.

= Possible Topics: Batman Live (21st-Century Play) = This article is too short in my opinion. The Batman Live Wikipedia article is too short because it only contains small details about this live play back in the year of 2011. One of the ways for me to improve it is doing more research on the history behind this live play. Also, I will add in the play's acts and describe them. Another thing what I will do to improve this is posting photos of the play, so people who haven't seen it will get a chance of what it look like. I'll probably add in who was the person behind this play and the team assisting to make this play interested to the audience as well.

= Possible Topics: Battle of Guard Hill (American Civil War Battle) = To improve this article is researching any more information, or stories because I feel like there isn't enough detail information about this war. Even the result says "inconclusive," but maybe someone posted an article claiming how this battle ended with possible evidence. Also, I will put more photos of the Battle of Guard Hill if there is any because this Wikipedia article lacks photos of this civil war battle. One more thing I will fix with this topic is explaining more about the Union's and Confederate's brigades and telling how both sides lost causalities during this battle.

= Contributing to the Battle of Guard Hill Topic Article = I will add in more detail information about this battle that occurred during the American Civil War, because it looks short and it doesn't have enough information about it. Also, I'll add two paragraphs about the general, or generals of both the Union and Confederate who were present during this battle. Another thing for me to include in this topic article is adding any knowledge of how it could have ended instead of having the results saying "Inconclusive," because maybe there are articles containing info about the results of this specific battle. I can look up and include how many casualties both sides had at the time.

= Improving the Battle of Guard Hill Topic Article = The things this topic article is missing is mentioning, or having a list of the generals, lieutenants, or commanders who served in this battle during the civil war. Also, one of the things that's missing in this is how many causalities both Union and Confederate armies had lost after the battle somehow ended. As well as listing the different brigades both sides had and what kind of weapons they used. Another thing this article is missing, it needs more references that actually work, because I clicked on the references with links and one of them doesn't work due to the page no longer exists. The most important thing this topic article is missing is containing more detailed and concise information about this battle in the American civil war. Another important info it's missing is other names of this battle besides, "Battle of Crooked Run." It's also known as, "The Battle of Front Royal." I will move everything from the "Further Reading" paragraph and placed it into the "References" paragraph.

= Battle of Guard Hill Wikipedia Article = The Battle of Guard Hill, Battle of Crooked Run, or the Battle of Front Royal. The battle occurred during the American Civil War in Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of Warren County, Virginia on August 16, 1864. The Army of Potomac was too strong for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to attack, so he needed to figure out a best option to attack them. The best option was to enter the Shenandoah Valley, where Gen. Jubal A. Early almost repeated Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's weaknesses. Early was rejected at Washington DC, but he still remained with a powerful military force present in the valley. On August 7th, Maj Gen. Philip H. Sheridan took command of the Union military forces in the valley. Three days later, his army moved southward up the valley against Early's army. An outnumbered Confederates withdrew to their strong, natural defensive position at a hill called Fishers Hill, where the two armies constantly followed each other for at least four days. When Sheridan moved his army, Early quickly requested reinforcements from Richmond, Virginia and Lee responded by sending two military divisions, and a battalion being that's being under the command of Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson. On the 14th of August, Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson's military command unit reached the Virginia town, Front Royal from the northern side of Luray Valley, but in modern days goes by the name, Page Valley.

During the afternoon of August 16th, Williams C. Wickham led a charge of Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Devin's brigade army towards Cedarville. Devin brought two of his regiments forward in order counterattack, but a Confederate and an Union regiment strikes each other in a sword fight. The Confederate broke apart and retreated back to their positions and Wickham led another charge resulting in the Union's force to weakened to the point where his own men have to cross the river again. While Devin's unit captured two flags and 139 soldiers. The Union's victory had been planned out very well and Merritt confirmed the presence of the Confederate which forced Sheridan to order a retreat down the valley from the town, Front Royal. On the night of the battle, Sheridan's unit went back to their lines at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and once the night had passed by, Merritt and his unit went to Nineveh.

Background
HistoryNet's America's Civil War: Front Royal Was the Key to the Shenandoah Valley claims "The valley was vital both strategically and agriculturally to Major Gen. Stonewall Jackson during the early 1862. If he loses this valley, then Virginia would be lost, as well as the Confederacy. This valley was very important to the Confederacy due to the Massanutten Mountain where it bisected the valley into two and its the key to Massanutten of Front Royal. This means whoever controls of Front Royal, will control the outcome of the civil war. In a mile and a half away from the town, the North and South forks of the Shenandoah River will unite to become one stream."

During the spring of 1862, the Confederate's military forces in Virginia prepared themselves for a push. However, the offense army would be in a campaign called the Peninsula campaign organized by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac.The army contained about 100,000 soldiers who came all the way from Chesapeake, Virginia to Alexandria to Fort Monroe. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Virginia, Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's and his 40,000 subdivisions in Fredricksberg, Virginia helped Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's military force by threatening Richmond from the north side and Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont's army which contained 15,000 soldiers began their operations in the Allegheny Mountains. While Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks's army made their operations in the valley to prevent Confederate forces from increasing Richmond's defenses and reaching the Union's capital from the north.Confederate President Jefferson Davis accepted to Gen. Joseph E. Jonhston's emotional urgent request to combine the disorganized military departments of the Northwest of Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, the Potomac River, the Aquia Harbor, the Peninsula Campaign, and Norfolk, Virginia into one huge military department with Gen. Johnston commanding it. The new military department contained 100,000 soldiers, but he believed he couldn't control a push of 150,000 Union soldiers back and across Potomac, instead he staged an aggressive attack from the northern side of the river.