User talk:Charliengo99

While doing the practices on Wikipedia that were assigned, a lot of what is mentioned is how to make and critique a Wikipedia page. A lot of it included how to edit a page, how to use resourceful and independent sources, as well as not plagiarizing. The article used for this second part of the project will be the Baltimore Ravens 2017 season. The reason why the article was chosen is because who does not love the Baltimore Ravens? The best team in America (sorry Wikipedia, this is not a neutral stance), and if you live in Maryland, shame on you if you are a Redskins fan. Getting back on topic, lets talk about the page. Now when you first come to the page, it is filled with a lot of the updates on the team which is great. It included the new roster, who was picked from the draft, who was added, etc. It has hyperlinks of each current player and the staff to lead to you their personal Wikipedia page, but what it does not include that bothers me are any references on anything listed or said. The first thing the page talks about once it opens is how long the head coach, John Harbaugh, and starting quarterback, Joe Flacco, have been with the Ravens organization. The only thing is, it is not referenced at all. In the end, how do you know whether everything is made up, or if everything is just copied and pasted off someone else’s work. Going into detail about what we have learned, the first part of training included five key factors. According to the training website, “Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, has a neutral point of view, it is free, that everyone should interact, and it does not have firm rules,” (https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/wikipedia-essentials/five-pillars). When looking at the page, it looks like something that can be an online encyclopedia in which it has a lot of the content about the 2017 season. The only thing is that, it does not have their stats of players. When looking at it, it doesn’t not seem to have an content where the page does not have a neutral stance. There is nothing that says they are the best, or a better team than any other teams in the NFL. It is free from what is seen and does not expect any payment to enter or view the site. It can be edited. Lastly, there are no rules or restrictions as to what you can or cannot do. As to the edit of the page, everything seems to be easily read and very organized. It even contains the different jerseys that they will be using this season. Everything is up to date and a lot of the team information is separated. Now going back to what was said before about sources and plagiarism, there are no references as to what the person who made the page could credit. Everything could possibly be wrong and/or the person who made the page could have just stolen someone else’s work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Baltimore_Ravens_season

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Hello, Charliengo99, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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