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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-15 Winter 2018

My Research Topic is: Music and Social Change

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Music, Counterculture of the 1960's, Society, Change

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 a topic, e.g., Nortec IF that was what I am researching) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley)). Answer the following questions:

++1. I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: Counterculture of the 1960's

+2. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? No.

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

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?

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.

'''Jim Crow Laws: [This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Un-sourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)] '''

+The warning in the banner states that the article's information/ content currently requires verification through citations; there are unverified sources.

+3. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article? Yes.

+4. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and footnotes at the end? Yes.

+5. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic? '''No, there are plenty of organized sections and subsections that go in to detail about certain aspects of the period. For example, there are well informed sections discussing the sexual revolution at the time, and another section concerning itself with the influence the initial movement in the US and UK had in throughout the rest of Europe and Latin America.'''

+6. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay? '''Yes, there is a neutral view. On sections informing about gay liberation, there are no pro- and anti- sentiments; there are no, "I believe's" or "I feel's".'''

+7. 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. Yes, the footnotes and references lead to University studies (the University of Chicago Press) and autobiographies (Tom Leary).

8. 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.

+b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”? No.

+c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts? No.

+d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic? No, there are plenty of sides to the era that the article portrays.

+e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic? No, but if any do seem shorter than others, they have a link that leads to a Wikipedia page about the subject.

+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? No.

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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) January 28, 2018

|Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?) '''Most if not all, are approved editors. One is even a professor of Music Theory at Rhodes College.'''

+Relevance (to your research topic) Yes.

+Depth: There is extensive information on the 1960's counterculture movement, and if any subsection (Gay Liberation, for example) appears significantly lesser than previous subsections, there is a link that leads to a seperate Wikipedia article discussing that topic.

+Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.) Encyclopedia, for general audiences.

+Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?) To inform about the significance (cultural impact) and key figures in the Counterculture of the 1960's.