User:Water134

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Bio

About me

Some interesting facts about me are I was born in Russia and I enjoy eating anything pasta-related. During my free time, my hobbies include playing tennis and hanging out with my little pet gerbil, Peach. Fun fact about gerbils is that they originate from Mongolia and parts of China and Russia.

My Wikipedia Interests

If an opportunity arises in the future that requires me to use Wikipedia long-term, it would probably have to do with college work as I do not use Wikipedia that often. I may potentially use it for organizing work when writing a paper such as organizing all the links and citations that I might use, or information I have learned so that I would not have to reread everything and just have a concise summary.  

Article Evaluation

Growing up, I have heard stories and seen pictures of the many unique geographical and environmental aspects of Washington state. From the large mountains to the lushsly green evergreen trees, Washington had it all. As a result, it is no surprise that my curiosity to learn more about Washington's environment and specifically its local residents had led me to learn more about Washington. I visited the Mountain whitefish article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: its lack of citations, its lack of representation for certain details, and its attempt at correct grammar use.

Citations

Upon finishing reading this literary piece, I began to dive into the citations used for this article. The first issue that came up was the lack of citations used, as there were only four used. To me, as a reader, this conclusively illustrates that the information that I have read could potentially be false, as the writer did not use enough evidence to back up the many points they made in the article.

Details

The author does give a good description of the certain behaviors of the Mountain Whitefish but they forgot one of the most important. The predators. Generally speaking, the author gave a good effort in giving examples of the prey of the fish but lacked to give who the predator(s) is. To me, I feel that is a quite important detail to not miss due to the fact that predators are important in maintaining population control in the ecosystem, and without the knowledge of who the predator is, it can be quite difficult for someone researching on the Mountain whitefish to see how the population is being maintained.

Grammar

At a first glance, the writing seemed well thought out and complete. However, after I reread the article a few more times, I began noticing grammar errors. For instance, in the last paragraph, the author writes brings up a point about anglers. They state the size of nymphs used but fail to elaborate on what the size unit measurement is. Are they referring to inches or centimeters? The world may never know.

Summary

Overall, I would like to conclude that this article page requires additional work and revising. The author does provide quite a myriad of information but the lack of citations proves the information to be unreliable. The emphasis on certain details and underrepresentation on the other makes the article unsuitable for research or for another academic setting. Lastly, the article would be greatly improved if it was peer-reviewed and revised for grammar issues that are currently residing.