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Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): American Immigration Crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_American_immigration_crisis Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? - Yes, there are various subtopics but all are related. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? - It looks like it is a very objective article. Everything is based on statistics and facts about the immigration crisis in 2014. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? - Yes, all links work. 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? - Although many articles cited look to be fact-oriented, there are some of the titles that are inclined to a certain political bias. Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? - The conversations going on are mostly on the structure and edits. How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? - Wikipedia is more fact-based, and we discuss more of our experiences and ideals. Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — ~~~~.