Sunday, October 19, 2008

Wikipedia Assignment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages
1. How long is the article? (cut and paste text into word processor and do a word count)
Aprx. 7615 words
2. What was the search term you used and what is the exact article title?
I searched for “Midieval” actual title is “Middle Ages”
3. Look at the Disambiguation link and say what you find there.
Midieval (1 & 2): Total War are computer strategy games, and there are two songs called Midieval.
4. Look at the page Discussion and say briefly what you find there.
From reading the discussion, it seems to me like people take issue with a few statements, but most of it seems correct.
5. Look at the History of the page. How many changes have there been? When was the date of the first change? Last change?
Last Revision: 21:05, 19 October 2008
First Revision: 07:21, 3 October 2003
Number of Edits: 5927
6. How many external links are provided?
13
7. How many references?
1
8. How many entries under Further Reading?
21


I'm not sure if I would recommend this article. It contains alot of information (, however the fact that it only has one reference bothers me a little. Especially considering how many edits the article has had. I suppose I might recommend it, but I would also recommend checking all of the infomation before believing it.

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