NorthwestStudent2020

Bio

About Me

I am a student of Cascade High School and Everett Community College. I enjoy hiking, watching movies, and walking with my dog. Walking my dog is a good way for both of us to stay healthy.

My Wikipedia Interests

I plan to use this Wikipedia account for my school-related projects.

Article Evaluation

I began my project with a simple search for dogs, then found my way through search and rescue dogs to reach my final page on the International Rescue Dog Organisation, or the IRO. I visited the International Rescue Dog Organisation article on Wikipedia and found three aspects worth commenting on: the very few citations, the article's recency, and grammar mistakes.

Citations

This page contains only one citation and 3 external links. In addition, there is just a single wiki link in this article. This article is severely lacking in citations which makes it very difficult to verify the information presented. Multiple events referenced in this article are perfect candidates for wiki links. For example, the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City is discussed and the first search result I found on Google was the Wikipedia article on it. A wiki link to the 2017 Puebla earthquake would be very easy to include, yet it is absent.

Article Age

This article was last edited on October 1st of 2020 and as I viewed the history I discovered multiple other edits made this year. That fact leads me to believe this page is well managed and kept current. The most recent date connected to a fact is 2019, but information on multiple events that occurred in the last 3 years is included. I believe this article is sufficiently up-to-date.

Grammar

There are a few small grammar mistakes on this page, such as "Below three missions..." opposed to the correct "Below are three missions...." There are no major errors but the missing words throughout the writing show that this article should have been proofread more than it was.

Summary

I would say that this article is not good. The information is current and the page seems to be kept up-to-date. However, there are so few citations and links that it is very difficult to verify and trust the facts presented. The article should have been reviewed better for grammar mistakes as well.