Bio edit
About myself edit
I am a varsity cross country runner at my high school as well as a varsity distance runner for track. I also play the trombone. Not only am I taking a wind ensemble class, but I also play for my town's community concert band. I'm doing running start which is how I am a college student and a high school student at the same time. I am hoping to achieve a major in math, but I have no idea what career path to take. I like math.
My Wikipedia Interests edit
My mom is a part of the flow arts community, she and has her own business making and selling hula-hoops. There is no Wikipedia page for flow arts, and the community has become quite large to the point where some universities have made their own flow arts and circus clubs.[1] ArtsWA even funds its flow arts community![2] I think flow arts deserves its own Wikipedia page. The flow arts consist of manipulating and dancing with toys[3]
Article Evaluation edit
I found the hill article after looking through the cross country page on Wikipedia. This means that I constantly go back and forth between hating and loving hills. Hills seem to be a very common landform, yet, in my experience, it is never specifically defined. I visited the hill article on Wikipedia and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: a major citation issue, an information issue, and an interesting way of explaining hill's significance.
Citation Issue edit
For a relatively short article, it is missing a lot of citations. Most of the sections seem to cite information with wiki links, but wiki links are citations. If you wanted to prove the information, you would have to manually go into each article and check each piece of information. For example, if something was defined as a hill, you would have to go to its Wikipedia page to prove whether or not it is actually a hill. The "Military significance" and "Sports and games" portion of the page have no citations whatsoever, whereas the "Historical significance" portion has only one. There is only one dead link that is used, but there is a random citation that is only found in the references section that takes you to a website about telescopes. Upon some brief inspection, it has nothing to do with hills.
Information Issue edit
The article does have some interesting topics in it. However, it doesn't go into much detail. If you want to learn more geographical facts about hills, then you may as well look elsewhere, since the article doesn't specifically define hills. This is an issue addressed within the article itself, and it isn't exactly its fault, but in my eyes, there could be some additional research done for the article. Also, there is some information that could be added to the article. For example, I found the article from the cross country page. However, cross country (a sport) was not present in the hill article under the "Sports and games" section. Of course, it now does exist thanks to yours truly. In short, there could be some easy research done to expand the article.
The "Significance" Sections edit
The article has two sections about historical and military significance. These are brilliant ideas for how common hills are in the world. With these two sections, it brings to light how hills have an impact on the world, and it is something that could definitely be expanded upon to turn the article into an enjoyable read. I will loop the "Sports and games" section into this paragraph as I like it for a similar reason. Sports and games bring enjoyment and such into people's lives and reading about how they can include or be built around hills is very interesting to read. There is a game that involves rolling a wheel of cheese down a hill and chasing it. I would personally love to chase a giant wheel of cheese down a hill, and all of those lucky people have done so were only able to accomplish such a feat thanks to hills. Since hills are so common, having more interesting and relevant information about them seems very possible.
Conclusion edit
The hill article itself is very low-quality. While it sets itself up for potential greatness, it fails to be the type of article that Wikipedia strives to create. It's not reliable nor does it have most of the information in the world about hills. The article was made in 2003 and didn't start getting formed into what it is today in 2006. This means that the article is 19 years old yet is poorly made. I believe it is in need of someone who is dedicated enough to make some improvements to the article.
References edit
- ^ Colamaria, Jay (November 6, 2014). "Hoop(ing) Dreams". BU Today. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Grants to Organizations" (PDF).
- ^ Branch, Zoe (Feb 6, 2022). "Taking Play Seriously | University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved September 27, 2022.