Wikipedia Assignment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I

This article covers the life of Elizabeth I. It touches a little bit of everything, it even mentions who her teachers were and how long for. The main information it focuses on is her succession to the throne and what she did once she got there.

1. How long is the article? (cut and paste text into word processor and do a word count)
Aprx. 7,461 words

2. What was the search term you used and what is the exact article title?
I searched for “Elizabeth I”, the articles name is “Elizabeth I”.

3. Look at the Disambiguation link and say what you find there.
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (TV Series)
Elisabeth I of Bohemia
Elizabeth I of Russia
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (First Queen Elizabeth of Scotland)
RMS Queen Elizabeth (first of series of steam ships)

4. Look at the page Discussion and say briefly what you find there.
There’s quite a bit of discussion on this article. Mainly its just people explaining why they took something out or chained something.

5. Look at the History of the page. How many changes have there been? When was the date of the first change? Last change?


6. How many external links are provided?
Technically only 4, but the last link provides 7 different volumes (so in actuality, 10 are given)

7. How many references?
34

8. How many entries under Further Reading?
5

I think I would recommend this article to someone. It has plenty of citations, and seems to at least touch on just about everything you could possible want to know about Elizabeth I. I think it glazes over her childhood a bit quickly in order to get to the more interesting parts, but I think it still does a good job of covering the necessary information.