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

My real name is: Tanysha Turnipseed

My Research Topic is: Hip-hop and Liberation

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Hip hop, Liberation

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: Political Hip hop(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.

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?

+ The issue in the warning banner is "needs additional citations for verification". This matters because if there are no other citations then you are narrowed down to one persons ideas instead of getting a broader search.

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?

Yes it is easy to understand, and it does summarize the key points of the article.

+ 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 is clear. There are also several headings and subheadings, and footnotes as well at the end, but I did not see any images or diagrams in the article.

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

Yes, the topics are balanced well, and they provide all the key points of the topic.

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

This article reads more like an encyclopedia than a persuasive essay, because it has a lot of sources and it doesn't seem to be trying to persuade me of anything.

+ 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.

Yes, the references and footnotes are reliable sources because they mostly link to websites like MTV or other Wikipedia articles, etc. Although some of these references are blogs, majority of them are reliable.

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.

+ b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”?

There are not any unsourced opinions in this article. Everything is linked to a source.

+ c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts?

For the most part the article refers to groups that have names and links to what those groups or organizations may mean. However, I have ran across a few unnamed groups that were not linked to anything and were just there.

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

The article does not omit aspects of the topic. It gives a lot of relevant information about the topic.

+ e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic?

Yes. For example, one section would be like 5 or 6 paragraphs compared to other sections that might be like 2 or 3 lines.

+ f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes?

No, there are a lot of footnotes and references.

+ 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?

In the view history section of the article there were no comments that were hostile or disrespectful among editors.

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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)

The last update was on February 1, 2016.

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

Vladimir Bogdanov- He was a Russian mathematician and programmer. He was also involved in the design and development of the All Music Guide database since 1991.

Chris Woodstra- He has worked many years in music retail, and he also was a DJ. He has been a contributing editor for several local arts and entertainment magazines, and he was an editor for the All Music Guide database.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine- Studied English at the University of Michigan, and was the arts editor of the school newspaper, He also edited the All Music Guide, and he is a freelance writer and musician.

+ Relevance (to your research topic)

The article is very relevant to my research topic because it talks about the different ways that Hip Hop is connected to liberation.

+ Depth

It goes into the history of Hip Hop, the politics, the ideology, different views of political rappers, etc.

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

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

The purpose of this article is to notify people why Hip Hop is played and rapped by many artist.