Tutorial 6 Activities:
Discuss the reliability and usefulness of the source based on:
Scholarship:
Author's background: Guinness World Record
Where was the source published?: Guinness World Record website
Is this information within the source independently verifiable?: Yes and No, since broken records can only be acknowledged from this official website.
Context
Age of source relative to topic: Guinness world record website verifies the date that the record was broken.
Intent of information, targeted audience: general public, Adele fans
Content
Does the source omit important details and over-represent others? No
Is the information a fact or opinion? A fact
Style and structure of content: Simple and straight forward, basically showing stats and showing facts in black and white.
Tutorial 5 Activities
Activity 1: We've (almost) done this before!
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Shepherd_Creasy&action=history
Tutorial 4 Activities
Activity 1: Analysis of a Featured Article
As a group we chose the article of "The Sirens of Ulysses" from the list of featured articles to discuss the characteristics of featured articles. The Sirens and Ulysses#Bibliography
Using this article we collected some main characteristics:
- Subheadings are helpful, topics lead into one another (background --> composition --> restoration)
- Brief description of images that are relevant to the topic and mostly provide background
- Contains balanced, opposing critical judgements
- Broader statements always backed up by references to academics
- Lots of references, arranged correctly. Does not rely on too many sources, uses each extensively
- Writing style is brief and expository, but still discusses sophisticated concepts
- Paragraphs are short, clear differentiation between topics
- Images are relevant to the discussed section, reuses images when necessary
- Opener summarises multiple elements and covers basic information
- Includes Template at the end that links to broader topic hyperlinks for further reading
- Explicit references to original academics, clear that article is based off work
- Footnote adds further detail without cluttering the article
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Tutorial 3 Activities
Activity 2: Citation Needed: Talk:Josh Willis (Neighbours)#Unnecessary and unexplained usage of quotation marks
I added a new section titled 'Unnecessary and unexplained usage of quotation marks'.
Activity 4: Quality and Importance Ratings in WikiProjects: Talk:Mr. Holmes#Quality and Importance Ratings: Elevating the page to the next tier of importance rating
I added a new section to show what is needed to bring the page's importance rating to at least C.