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Evaluation on California State Route 60 - Article and Sources 4/21/2018
• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
o Everything stated on the article is relevant, there is nothing distracting.
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a position?
o Yes, the article is very neutral. All the claims are supported by local and regional government reports - the history is supported by archives. No bias is present.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
o The History is very overrepresented, most of the article is mentioning the history of the Route 60.
o Underrepresentation can be argued amongst the information on the actual planning and engineering of the infrastructure. Such as the information on the actual plan, science and funding of the project.
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
o Source [6] link does work but does not support the claim nor does it mention the claim in the article.
o Source [14] does have a link and the claim is supported by a Diamond Bar City report.
o Source [19] does have a link and supports claim by Cry of Diamond Bar.
• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
o Yes, most of the sources are referenced by local and regional government report, the information comes from cities themselves.
o There is no biased within the article, the information mostly pertains to history, geospatial referring such as exits.
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
o No information is out of date. The oldest sources are from 2005 - 2008 which talk about the history. Most of the reports and other information come from 2017 or 2018 which is very recent.
• Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
o An archive but announced editing two external links to the Wiki Article. They provided the external links and asked other editors to review them and gave tips on fixing URL issues.
o The talk page also mentions that the article has a KML file and a map so if we have any issues or disagreements we should work with the Map Task Force. • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any Wikiphobes?
o The article rated high importance on the importance scale.
o Rated a C-class on the quality class.
o It is part of the US Roads Miniprojector and U.S Road Portals.
• How does the way Wikipedia discuss this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
o The article doesn't mention any social dimensions about the State Highway - infrastructure.
o Provides more history rather than the planning behind it. o In class we talk about sustainability measures, functionality, operationalist - but the article discusses the article more about the spatial features such as exits, distance, and descriptions. The history section should mention the local agencies and stakeholders involved.
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{{Geobox|The Western Rivers}}
The Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States.[1] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about forty-one percent of the country's rivers.[2]
From the perspective of natural geography and hydrology, the system consists of the Mississippi River itself and its numerous natural tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Red rivers. Given their flow volumes, major Ohio River tributaries like the Allegheny, Tennessee, and Wabash rivers are considered important tributaries to the Mississippi system.[3] Before the Mississippi River reaches the Gulf of Mexico, it runs into its distributary, the Atchafalaya River.[1]
From the perspective of modern commercial navigation, the system includes the above as well as navigable inland waterways which are connected by artificial means. Important connecting waterways include the Illinois Waterway, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. This system of waterways is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with a project depth of between 9 and 12 feet (2.7 – 3.7 m) to accommodate barge transportation, primarily of bulk commodities.[4]
The Mississippi River carries 60% of U.S. grain shipments, 22% of oil and gas shipments, and 20% of coal.[5]