User:Acontreras77/sandbox

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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-09 Winter 2016

My real name is: Alexis Contreras

My Research Topic is: death and afterlife

Key words related to my Research Topic are: afterlife, reincarnation, Christianity, Buddhism

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 Trance) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley). Answer the following questions:

++I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: Buddhism and Jainism(for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.)

Use the criteria from the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure to evaluate the article. (Get your copy from the Reference Desk.)

+1. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? yes

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

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008)

+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? It matters because in order to make it reliable source it needs to be cited properly in order to use it.

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.

+2. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article?

The lead section is easy to understand however it does not summarize the key point of the article its very broad.

+3. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and foonotes at the end?”

yes, the structure of the article is clear and does have images in the appropriate places.

+4. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic?

It does clearly state the differences and similarities between Buddhism and Jainism and also gives history and other topics as well.

+5. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay?

It clearly has a neutral point of view because it only states facts and does not have any opinions.

+6. 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.

It does have reliable sources some of them being encyclopedias however some might need more information

7. 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 it is well- written

|b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”? no there isn't any opinions in the article

+c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts? no it does not

+d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic? yes, it does

+e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic? The first section is extremely short and as you go down the sections get bigger

+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?

there is a lot of deleting however the editors explain why they did delete it or why the information is incorrect.

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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)

December 29, 2015

+Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?)

Some of the sources are from a university like Berkeley and the other sources are credible

+Relevance (to your research topic)

This article does have some relevance to my topic because it discuses nirvana and Buddhism in general

+Depth

The vocabulary is simple and the article does provide a few pictures. Hence its for a young to general audience

+Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.)

General audience, because its very simple and very easy to understand

+Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?)

The purpose was to inform the audience about Buddhism and Jainism. Hence it talks about the history and differences or similarities