User:PochaccoChococat

Bio

About Me

I am currently a student who is also a musician and artist. I enjoy playing guitar. To be specific, I play electric guitar, which differs from an acoustic since it uses an amplifer. Another hobby of mine is art, for I like to spend my time painting or drawing landscapes. In addition, one of my favorite ways to pass time is to read. As of now, my favorite genres are horror, murder mystery, and classics. One of the last books I have read was 'The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires' by Grady Hendrix, which is a novel I would love to read again for the first time.

My Wikipedia Activities

In regards to Wikipedia, my interests are creating or adding on to pages of authors or books I enjoy. This could especially apply to authors or books that are not as popular or well-known. For instance, one of my English teachers gave me a sci-fi/horror novel called 'There is No Antimemetics Division' by qntm; however, after I finished reading the novel, I discovered that there wasn't much information online about the novel, let alone any on Wikipedia. Therefore, as a volunteer, I hope to accomplish compiling information on literature that I like but is lesser-known in order to create or add to pages on Wikipedia.

Article Evaluation

I've been interested in the American rock band, Soundgarden, since I am currently learning one of their songs on the electric guitar. After clicking through multiple wiki-links in the Soundgarden page on Wikipedia, I discovered that their first album was Ultramega OK. Wanting to learn more about an album I have no knowledge of, I visited the Ultramega OK article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: lack of citations, date of resources, and neutrality.

Citations

Although most facts have citations, the entirety of the first section, or introduction, has not a single citation listed. Correspondingly, there are also a couple facts within each section that do not note the source or reference. In addition, I have noticed that regarding those with citations, some of the citations have either no link at all to the resource or the resource happens to be another page on Wikipedia, which, to note, Wikipedia would not count as a resource to use for citations; therefore, it makes it difficult to identify if these sources are actually authentic.

Resources

Focusing on the currency of the resources used, most of the resources are surprisingly up to date, given that the album Ultramega OK released decades ago (in 1988). Although there are some resources that date back to 1988, a handful are written after 2008 with the latest being an article from Ultratop written in June of 2017. For those that date back to 1988 and earlier, I believe that it is acceptable for the resources to be of this date since the album was released during this time period; therefore, the resources would still be considered relevant and accurate.

Neutrality

To address the neutrality of this page, I have found that this article contains no biased claims or languages. The authors have done a great job pointing out multiple perspectives of those involved in the making of the Ultramega OK album, leaving out any of their own. For instance, the section Release and Reception notes how Cornell, a member of the band, and Ann Powers, a magazine author, believed that the album was not the best while Steve Huey, a staff writer, thought that the album was the best grunge music of its day, demonstrating how the Wikipedia article kept a neutral tone since it only gave the opinions of others rather than themselves.

Conclusion

Overall, I would rate this page as "decent." This article gave a wide range of perspectives and great background information while excluding biased elements, including resources that were reasonably up-to-date. However, something that could be improved is the lack of citations for the introduction and a handful of facts throughout every section, as well as the citations that do not have acceptable links.