User:Siboiii

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to my user page! I am very excited to be a new contributor of such an extensive and helpful encyclopedia. My current personal interests include casual golfing, working out, playing ultimate frisbee, spending time with people who I care about, and researching local law enforcement agencies. I also like to cook a lot of the meals that I eat, but I also enjoy going out to try different restaurants.

Regarding my interests inside the realm of Wikipedia, I enjoy researching common phrases and terms relating to pop culture; you never know if it will be a serious entry or one of satire! It is pretty crazy trying to comprehend the multitude of different pages located within Wikipedia. I would also be interested in researching popular technology devices that people and companies use, and learning about the history of that product.

Article Critique

Comic books are a popular form of entertainment for some people. Popular movie series like Spider-Man and Iron Man both were made into major motion pictures with the use of their written roots, which were comic books. There are different "ages" of comic book eras, and the one I will be outlining is the "modern age". I visited the Modern Age of Comic Books page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: Citations, the Voice of the Article, and Structure/Completeness.

Citations

After reading through the Modern Age of Comic Books wikipedia page, I found an area where there were no cited sources attached to the written sentence: in paragraph four of The rise and fall of the speculator market section. In the final sentence of that paragraph, the article states "In 1996 Marvel Comics, the largest company in the industry and hugely profitable just three years before, declared bankruptcy". I think that if the writer of that section of the page says that the largest company in the comic book industry at that time declared bankruptcy, they absolutely need to cite a source to support such an eye-catching fact.

Voice of the Article

The voice of this article, at times, appears to border on the use of "original research", instead of using facts backed by citing sources. The term "original research" is used by Wikipedia to state that articles on Wikipedia that contain only original research, should be removed because they do not have supporting citations for the entry. An example of this is apparent in the Comics creators' mainstream success section, in the first sentence of the first paragraph - there is no cited source for the writer's claim. I suspect that the most recent author of that section did not think it was vital to include sources because they listed names and provided links in the following sentence. In addition, if you look at that particular section, Wikipedia has actually flagged it for suspicion of using original research.

Structure/Completeness

I visited the talk page of this article and after reading other people's comments, I saw that one user noted that the structure/completeness of this Wikipedia page does not seem very complete/whole because it is very Marvel/DC Comics (superhero) based. Upon reviewing the article again, I definitely agree because this page is supposed to cover a whole era of comic books from the mid 1980s through present day, not just the mainstream ones and/or a few random other genres. It is important to note that some users have edited the page from it's various versions and included additional types of comics, and some have said that the early times of the modern age of comic books were in fact, classic superhero centric; however, that does not explain why this page is not more complete considering the age from it's original creation (late 2004).

Summary

In conclusion, I think that this page has had a lot of well-informed and passionate people visit and make improvements. I think that it could be polished up just a little, especially when stating facts and there being an absence of cited sources. I also viewed the history of the page and found that it was originally created in late 2004 and has had a decent amount of contributors since then; I find that interesting because it is still flagged from Wikipedia. Despite there being missing sources, suspected original research, and the completeness of the article not quite there, I very much enjoyed reading through the article and discovering how much information it contained and appreciating how much work many people that truly care about this subject put forth.

I made a revision to the Modern Age of Comic Books page that you can find in the history of the page here