Week 6 Blogging Task

Your Task today is to find two wikipedia articles/entries about unrelated topics that you know something about. That might be a movie, a sport, a type of car, a particular musical artist, a Television show, a particular hobby or past time... Something that YOU are an expert on.

Article 1- My Fav Band- HIM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIM_%28Finnish_band%29

Article 2- My Home Town- Bundarra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundarra

Now go to the article and read through it. Consider the following things about the article and write a post on your blog for each of the articles/entries:

* Is this an accurate article?

This article is actually pretty good, it has a lot of the basic facts and dates which are supported by other websites and stuff that i have read.

Yeah, its pretty much accurate in what it says, just a little outdated.

* Does it cover all the basic facts that you'd need to understand this topic?

Yep. And it has some more detailed facts as well about their albums and recordings.

Basically, if you want to know a brief history, but it doesnt include a lot of possible information.

* Does this article follow the wikipedia guidelines for useful articles?

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_guidelines this article is pretty ok. The only small things that the guidelines mention are about not using statements that date quickly, the article does use "recently" instead of a date, but it is quite up-to-date so it's not really a problem. Also the lack of citation of sources could be an issue.

Yeah it does.

* Is this article fair and balanced, or is it biased towards a particular side or argument?

There isn't really an opinion portrayed, its more a statement of facts about the band, so it doesnt come across as biassed.

Same as the other one, its just facts not opinion so it is unbiassed.

*Finally - What changes would you make to this article to improve it and make it useful for the wider wikipedia community?

This article is quite comprehensive, maybe include some more details about the individual members of the band, or pictures. Or link to these.

Include more up to date details, particualarly about the school (goes to 12) and the shops and thing in the town as there are some more now. Include pictures and more information about what there is to do etc.