AskaniSpider

My nickname is Askani, I live in Washington state and am currently in running-start at Everett Community College. I'm in National Honors Society back at my high school, and I regularly donate homemade hats to the cancer resource center at the Everett clinic. My educational interests include biology, fictional literature and calculus, but for a future career, I plan on studying engineering and computer animation. In my free time I crochet hats, gloves, and other items. I also draw, practice origami, and spend time with my three dogs and two cats. I played the clarinet in middle school, I was in the middle school cross-country team, and practiced artistic rollerskating until I was 15.

Article Critique

I visited the Alex Flinn page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: the biased content, the lack of reliable citations and missing information.

Biased content

I noticed that the descriptions of the books Flinn wrote are openly summarized as of to interest the reader, instead of informing us about the books publications and when is the author's life was it written. The page actually accomplishes covering this information for a couple of the books but is very vague with others. Under the first book, Breathing Underwater and Diva, the published date, release date and awards are all listed. Then, Under Breaking point, the only information given is a synopsis that builds interest in whoever reads the section. In either situation, the summary is just building up the product without credibility.

Citations

There is a lack of useful citations on this page. The sources that are being used are blogs or other Wikipedia pages that might not have reliable citations either. Under the subtitle References, there is even a link that leads to an online book store. The link is very misleading as it is labelled as "About the Author". This example of source use on the page displays the absence of reliability.

Details

Beneath each book named subtitle is a description that doesn't follow the layout of the last one at all. This causes the information between books to appear unconnected. Each summary should include the publication date, release date, a short description about the noun in the story and any additional information about the book. The presences of many writers is obvious on this page due to the lack of one constant structure that would prevent any holes in the information.

Summary

All together, this page is a decent resource when looking for short answers or book names. The sections about the books could be improved by adding dependable sources, and structured. The Alex Flinn page may have some problems, but it may be helpful when looking for straight facts about the author and when looking for which books she wrote.