Week Three Assignment

Part 1.

11.  My research topic is the invention, and development of automobiles in society.

22. 

A. I used Carrot2

B. I learned that electric, and steam automobiles were popular contenders initially, but fell out of favor after the ford assembly line mass-produced gasoline cars.

C. Some subtopics I read about include the Henry Ford assembly line, pollution, non-gasoline powered cars, and the impact that cars have had in society – notably the main spread transportation advantage.

D. What are car’s effects on the atmosphere, and ecology? How have automobiles increased the efficiency of human life? What are the viability of non-gasoline engines?

E. Henry Ford Model T, Automobile, Vehicles, Cars for personal use, Transportation, Cars effect on the environment, car pollution

Part 2.

11.  https://www.dft.gov.uk/vca/fcb/cars-and-air-pollution.asp

22.  The websites domain includes gov.uk, this indicates that it is almost definitely a government website located in the United Kingdom.

33. Clicking on the about us link shows that they are an executive agency located in the UK. They do not appear to have information about their authors. They do not directly state their credentials and looking for credentials elsewhere does not seem to get any results. However, they state that their approval certificates are recognized throughout the European community, and ECE.

44.  On the bottom of the page it states that the page was “last updated September 6^th 2018”, but I do not know whether this is for the page I was looking at or the site as a whole. I would consider this recent enough to use as a source, as they state on the page that since September 2015 is the latest update to European car pollution standards.

55.  I do not know if the page contains accurate information, I would assume so, but because they do not use citations or footnotes I cannot say that the page is necessarily accurate without doing outside research.

66.  I cannot identify any biases, or that they are trying to sell anything on this particular page, however the site itself is most likely trying to persuade you to use their services.

Part 3-1.

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T

22.  The article appears to be well-structured, and not missing anything important. They could have included more details, such as the absence of seatbelts, but for the most part all the important details of the model are there.

33.  I do not see any warning messages at the top of the article.

44.  Facts are generally cited throughout the article, there are a few exceptions however. Notably, the suspension and wheels section does not cite any sources.

55.  The article is written well, and readable.

66.  I think the amount of sources match to the information presented in the article. The types of sources are mostly historical, with exceptions of sources being forums, or online articles. There are external links/further reading sources.

Part 3-2.

11.  This article belongs to WikiProjects: Engineering, Technology, Automobile, Industrial Design, Brands, Michigan/Detroit.

22.  It has been given B-class ratings across the board.

33.  I would agree with the B-class rating given the general use of citations, but with exceptions, and use of not necessarily reliable sources.

44.  Nothing causes concern on the talk page, but the black color post is interesting, talking about the myths of why the Ford Model T was painted black etc.

Part 3-3.

15. There are two somewhat recent history edits talking about vandalism to the page, however they have been blocked so I am not too concerned about if the page is inaccurate due to vandalism.

Part 4.

This week I learned how to use other search engines, for example Carrot2. Carrot2 is actually a very useful search engine that compartmentalizes results based on types. I also learned how to more efficiently and accurately browse Wikipedia articles for accuracy, and background info on subjects.