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Brazos River

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Article Analysis

Brazos River

• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
  • There are a couple grammatical errors and sentence structure issues throughout the article that are very distracting as a reader.
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  • It does not seem that any information is out of date. However, there does need to be a section where the current status of the river is presented to the reader.
• What else could be improved?
  • There needs to be more information given towards the beginning of the article.

• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  • The article is very neutral, providing facts instead of opinions. From my understanding, there are no claims that are made from a bias.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
  • The overall summary of the river and its importance is underrepresented. There are a couple of other sections such as "Brazos Watershed" and "Water Quality Concerns" that should have more information.

• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
  • The links connected to the citations do work. The citations do support the claims within the articles.
• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
  • Facts are referenced but not as much as they should be throughout the article. Information mainly comes from websites and articles online. These are neutral sources for this topic and there is no bias.

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
  • There are conversations behind the scenes that question the accuracy of some of the information within the article.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  • The article is rated start class with a mid-importance. It is part of two WikiProjects, United States and Rivers.
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  • The way that Wikipedia discusses this topic does not differ from the way it has been talked about in class.

Brainstorming

The Possum Kingdom Dam (1940) and the Whitney Dam (1953) on the upper Brazos provide hydroelectric power, flood control, and irrigation for the cotton grown in the Brazos River valley.

The Possum Kingdom Dam and the Whitney Dam, located on the upper Brazos, provide hydroelectric power, flood control, and irrigation to enable efficient cotton growth in the river valley.

Texans declared their independence from Mexico in 1836 at the settlement of Washington-on-the-Brazos. The original Spanish name for the river was Brazos de Dios (“Arms of God”); it is likely the river that the French explorer La Salle called the Maligne, and it was near the Brazos that La Salle was murdered.

In 1822, the lower river valley became one of the major Anglo-American settlement sites in Texas. This was one of the first English-speaking colonies along the Brazos and was founded by Stephen F. Austin at San Felipe de Austin. In 1836, Texas declared independence from Mexico at Washington-on-the-Brazos, a settlement in now Washington County that is known as "the birthplace of Texas".

https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/washington-on-the-brazos "Brazos River." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2018. academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Brazos-River/16291. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018.