User:Gamaliel Ruiz-Zotea/sandbox

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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-15 Fall 2017

My Research Topic is: Music and Tradition ( Music of Latin America)

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Mexican Music

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:

+ ++1. I chose to read and evaluate the article titled:Music of Latin America (for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.)

+2. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? Yes or No= Yes their Is a music banner.

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. (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a full view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (October 2016)

+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?

- Many Wikipedia pages display maintenance templates that address problems with the topic or content of the page. We can go on the help page which is called "Learn how and when to remove this template message". Some problems on Wikipedia are resolved through the efforts of volunteers like us.and If the problem that the template reading the explanatory links it contains or have found guidance through this page and have reasonably fixed the issues , simply remove the maintenance template, it will not be removed automatically. This can be found on the help page.

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.

+3. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article?

- Yes it is easy to lead because it is categorized as countries. For this purpose the type of styles of latin music are listed within these countries.

+4. 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 footnote is appropriate to be analyzed and so are the headings thing this article. It is pretty straight forward to talk about not difficult to discuss in a group. For the most part it is reveling music ad traditions I south America.

+5. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic?

- The topics on this article are put in well because. it gives a chunk of summary based on how different each multiple countries follow up on to their traditions and music.

+6. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay?

- IT is seen more like a neutral point of view because it gives specific details o=in.portions if great amount of descriptiveness.

+7. 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 sources, footnotes citing are reliable. It is listed within the ending of the article. It gives numerous off stories and articles based on where the information as given and received from. It illustrates towards who wrote the book.article,and etc.

+8. Look for these signs of bad quality and comment on their presence or absence from the article you are evaluating:

- I don not see any bad comments about this Artie besides of the edition it needs. However, I UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS ARTICLES NEED A BIT MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON ADDING THE LITTLE THINGS OF TRADITIONS WITHIN EACH COUNTRIES POINT OF VIEW AND IDEA OF MUSIC AND TRADITION.

+a. is the lead section well-written, in clear, correct English?

- THE LEAD SECTION IS READABLE AND IS PRECISE N ITS INFORMATION

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

- Their is some unsourced opinions and value statements that are not neutral. I believe that is located within most of the ending in this article. Which illustrates the main articles created plus the footnotes.

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

- YES IT NAMES MANY DIVERSE NAMES.

- It would specifically mention the names of famous singer ,performances and musics theories.

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

It indicated the diversity withinn. a cultures and performance in a countries nations .

It leaves a greater understanding or idea of south America countries can perform traditional music performance. It shows a perception of the traditional music involved internationally .Indicated a large factor of bonding .

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

Some are longer than other but I believe it is bout right to have that amount of information given .

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

It seems like it doesn't lack any footnotes probably their might be some missing however it is pretty great to look upon.

+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?

I would see many comments based on how the editor should update new information or fix his or her grammars. Overall edit the article like any wiki.

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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)

- Last updated to be edited or comment was on October 16, 2017

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

- The evidence that support this is the books footnotes and credentials listed on the bottom of the article .

+Relevance (to your research topic)

- It is relevant to my topic because both have to do with hispanic culture and my topics are music and tradition . Therefore each of the following countries listed within this article is relevant towards my topic of college and university music and traditions .

+Depth

- The depth in this article and research or connected towards each other due to the fact of musical artists and etc .

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

This format was pretty easy and not difficult to interpret. Notice that this is an encyclopedia article for the general public.

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

The purpose is to talk about music and culture. Similar to my topic it has to do with music situation within these amazing cultures brings a numerous o=amountof diversity and capability of showing others hoe the ethical cultures can be.