Monday, November 7, 2011

Wikipedia Worksheet- Claude Monet

 1. Start with the main page. Does it have any cleanup banners that have been placed there to indicate problems with the article? (A complete list is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/
Cleanup
.)
 There are not any cleanup banners on this page.

  1. Read through the article and see if it meets the following requirements:

Is it written in a clear and organized way? Yes   
Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)? Yes
Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)? Yes
 Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)?--- The information seems to be complete
3. Scroll down to the article's References and open them in new windows or tabs. Do they seem like reliable sources? (For help in determining the general reliability of a source, check out the Knowing What's What and What's Note: The 5 Ws (and 1 "H") of Cyberspace handout.)

Many of the referances seems to be reliable but there were some instances where the webpage could not be found.

4. Click on the Discussion tab. How is the article rated on the Rating Scale (Stub, Start, C, B, GA, A, FA)? What issues around the article are being discussed? Do any of them make you doubt the article's reliability?

It is rated as a c-class article. This article was one of the Arts good article  nominees but did not meeet the criteria.
 The issues being discussed  are possible vandilism, need citation, and major format issues and they do make me doubt the reliability of this article.

5. Based on the above questions, give the article an overall ranking of Reliable, Partially Reliable or Unreliable.

I think that this article is partiallly reliable.

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