User:Jonnyboy000

Bio

About Me

Hey, my name is Jonny, I'm a college student, musician, and athlete residing in the Pacific Northwest. I am studying engineering, although my heart truly lies in psychology, history, philosophy, and theology, none of which offer sound job opportunities. I intend to pursue those interests on my own for the time being, perhaps I will study them at a college or university in the future. As a musician, I have conducted choirs, learned the 4 main vocal ranges, studied sheet music, and learned piano at what I would consider an intermediate level. As an athlete my main interest is in weightlifting, and calisthenics. Calisthenics is a form of strength training, essentially bodyweight training using minimal to no equipment.

My Interest in Wikipedia

I am presently on Wikipedia for a college English class, but if I continue working on Wikipedia, long-term, in the future, I intend to work on, and possibly start articles involving philosophy, history, theology, and perhaps conspiracy theories, a topic that intrigues me. I would love to contribute to the wealth of knowledge gathered and organized on Wikipedia by volunteers.

Thank you for visiting my page.

Article Evaluation

Intro

I've always listened to plenty of different kinds of music, as I love seeing different styles and cultures. Since I'm Ukranian and am fluent in both Ukrainian and Russian, I am exposed to multiple cultures/worlds of music. One genre I listen to, is what Slavic youth refer to as "Russian music". Which is funny because when you think of Russian music you probably think of old-style/traditional Russian music, so accordions, maybe some Tchaikovsky, but they're just referring to modern Russian music. I visited the Wikipedia page of a popular duo, Rauf and Faik, who make "Russian music", and found three things worth commenting on, mistranslation, lack of citation, and the absence of any acknowledgement of the duos trademark sad style.

Mistranslation

The main mistranslation was the song Вечера (Evenings), mistranslated as Yesterday (Вчера), not a huge deal, but worth noting for sure. Rest of the translations were acceptable.

Lack of Citation

Most of the more important things were cited, but certain things were left uncited, such as the statement that Rauf and Faik used to sing at a restaurant, which also could be questionable in terms of notability.

Lack of Acknowledgement of Trademark Style

Rauf and Faik have a very recognizable sad style of music, and it has become very popular in the "Russian music" world. Though we can't be sure that they were the first to do it, they probably weren't, but they definitely popularized it and made it their own. There are many artists, almost too many, that use this style, and its honestly repetitive, but nonetheless, Rauf and Faik should be acknowledged for their "pioneering" of the style.

Conclusion

The page overall is good, and I would consider it acceptable from most standpoints. But to improve, it needs to fix a mistranslation, add a citation or two, and acknowledge the trademark sad style of Rauf and Faik.