User:Uppal843

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About me
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Hello, and thank you for visiting my user page! I am currently a freshman in college and am an avid Wikipedia user for most of my information sources. Some of my interests include baking/cooking, music, and reading! I also have a high interest in true crime documentaries and love to do research on true crime stories.

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My Wikipedia Activities
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Some interests I have related to Wikipedia would again be researching true crime stories and honestly whenever I find myself researching mostly anything Wikipedia is a must for me. I have never edited any sites or articles before on my own so I am hoping to learn everything this quarter to be able to meet up to Wikipedia standards in editing but long term I hope to edit some articles about my culture and where my parents came from because they have some false misconceptions in those articles.

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Article Evaluation
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I have been interested in makeup for years. Some may even call me a makeup fanatic. I am constantly updated on new makeup products/lines coming out and take pride in my collection which includes makeup from many kinds of brands. Knowing that the makeup industry is booming in the world right now and lip gloss is becoming just as essential as Chapstick. I would certainly expect the Wikipedia article for lip gloss to not disappoint and while it captured most of the essence someone researching lip gloss would need to know there were some things worth commenting on. I believe this article was opinionated, had a lack of information, and a lack of history.

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Opinionated
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I believe this article was veering more towards opinions than factual information because in one paragraph when discussing lip plumping injections the author stated that “It is often used by preteen and young teenage girls who want to wear some makeup but are too young to wear more intense lipstick colors. Lip gloss is also common for young women who don't like to wear makeup but have to attend a formal occasion (wiki lip gloss).” This sentence contained no information whatsoever and was merely an opinion. First of all, lip gloss is made for anyone who would like to wear it regardless of sex or age and I believe this statement was not only opinionated but toxic and should be removed from the Wikipedia page.

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Lack of information
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Now I know there is not a whole giant article that could be written about lip gloss but there was a lack of information (factual) alongside a lack of citations. In one sentence the author wrote, “(silicones are used to add shine and smoothness to many hair and skincare products)(wiki lip gloss).” There could have easily been a link or citation for that. In most articles, the word would be a link where the definition would be listed which is the proper way. There was also a lack of history on lip gloss and I would have liked to read how it changed the makeup industry and how it is currently dominating markets.

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Lack of history
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When looking up this article I personally mainly wanted to know the history. Who invented lip gloss? And why was it invented? These questions were vaguely answered but I had hoped there would be more information on Max Factor (the creator of lip gloss), why he had created it, and what had started the demand for lip gloss.

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Summary
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Overall I would rate this page as "toxic" because of non-factual odd statements that would instead of informing someone on lip gloss, create assumptions on why it is worn specifically and the types of people that wear it completely missing the point and making a harmful judgment. This page needs some work but overall if someone needed to know the essence of lip gloss it did contain some helpful information to help you get started.