Neutrality and Current Sources

This week in I learned about neutrality in Wikipedia and found new, current sources for my article. Neutrality in Wikipedia means you don’t take sides on an article. It also means you don’t have an opinion about it or show any bias. A researcher of a product would not want to get his or her information off of an article that only states opinions because he or she would be buying a product that someone else liked or disliked. This week I also changed my sources on Wikipedia. In researching one of the questions on the content post, I determined that outdated sources are the same as no sources. The reason I feel this way is because information changes frequently and a person would want the most up to date information when doing research. For example, my stepdad fixes the car when something minor is wrong. If he were to do research on a car part, there is a big difference between a Ford Truck from 2020 and a Ford truck from 2000. Without the information from 2020, he could not find the part he needed. This is the same with sources. If an article uses a source from 2000, it is most likely outdated. I went through a lot of websites just to find the most current information on the Wikipedia article I am updating. I found three new useful websites that have very good information on them. I also found all of the websites that were outdated or didn’t have good information on them to take out of the article. I recommend when reading an article, always look at the dates on the sources before pulling any information on them, you might be looking for a car part from 20 years ago that is obsolete. Now onto peer reviews, stay tuned…