Binghambaron

Bio

My name is Blake Bingham. I am a running start student, which means I complete college classes while still in high school. I have a passion for sports, especially football and baseball. In my free time, I enjoy dominating competitive video games and spending time with friends and family. I used to write a lot and read thousands of books, but previous literature classes have ruined that for me. I still love fantasy and mythical books though, and I adore Greek mythology. Overall, I am what some people would call a "geeky jock".

The parts of Wikipedia that interest me the most are the superhero and fantasy character pages. The backstories to each character is something that has always intrigued me. Another subject that piques my interest is psychology, and Wikipedia is a great place to find an abundance of educational pages regarding that topic.

Article Critique

I visited the Touch Hole page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: the little amount of information, the few sources, and the out-of-date citations.

When I opened the page, there were five miniscule paragraphs and each paragraph contained only a few sentences. The article informs the reader where the touch hole is located, and what it is used for but more information would be beneficial. It might help the article to add things like how many different weapons it is located on and when it was common. The article includes information about "Spiking the guns" but that is the only sub-heading on the page. More sub-headings would help the reader comprehend when, where, how and why it was/is important and provide specific examples.

The next thing I noticed was how there was only four sources listed. On an article about something that used to be so common, one might think that more research would be obtained from other articles and sources but the fact that only four sources were used shows that not much effort was put into citing the information. Because of such few sources, the article's credibility might also be challenged. More sources would improve the article by making it more reliable and providing more information.

The last thing that stood out to me was the out-of-date citations, one of the sources was from 2006. It is reasonable that some of the information may be outdated due to the fact that cannons and muzzle loaders were most popular a long time ago, but studies on the wars still continues and new things are learned all the time. Newer sources could help provide more information and a fresher perspective.