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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-09 Fall 2015

My real name is: Anthony Martinez

My Research Topic is:

Transcendence and scriptures

Key words related to my Research Topic are:

Enlightenment, spirituality, faith, love

Next 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: (for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_(religion)

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 or No

Yes, it is telling me that it needs additional citations

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. (August 2009)

Write a 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 could mean that there is an unresolved dispute about the article being neutral or the quality of the source is not good quality.

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 warnings that are 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 gives a brief description of the subject to get me informed but not overload me with information.

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?”

There are a lot of good subheadings for one subject but not enough for the other headings. There is also no pictures and diagrams on 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?

No the information is very off balance, there is more information on more than one sub topic.

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

Yes it is all informative but only from the perspective of each religion.

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.

The sources come from books but they are bias because they come from religious textures that state there own point of view.

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 everything is professionally written in clear correct English

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

Yes in the article of Judaism there is information that it is not cited and it looks like more opinion then fact.

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

Yes, it refers to many religion that deal with gods and deity's like Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism.

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

Yes, in every point of this article there is a reference to transcendence

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

No, not really they seem more short than long in every sub topic of the article.

f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes?

No it just doesn't have references that are not religious scriptures.

g. Look at the Talk Page 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 are hostile dialogue but written professionally.