Based off of our assigned topic, I would say that the Wikipedia page is a viable source of information if you wanted to know about Polygamy in North America. The strengths of the source would be the actual cases of polygamy they give on the page. Also, they give a nice history of polygamy in NA from the perspective of the LDS church. The weakness I found was that the page focused a lot on just Mormon polygamy although, judging from the source, Mormon polygamy seems to be the most popular in North America. Black Muslims are briefly mentioned, with a valid source, but the info is very almost non-existent.
The strengths of the article will be able to inform readers about Mormon polygamy in America. The weakness of the article may not answer all the questions a particular person may seek which is why the article isn't that great.
I learned that there are a lot of cases of bias in the other presentations, but in ours, not so much. The only thing is that some facts and information may not be mentioned leaving people interested in the topic unfulfilled. What I'm taking away from this project is that I won't solely search wikipedia for information, but some of the information they do provide is accurate, for the most part. My overall assessment is that wikipedia should even be allowed as a source for projects just as long as the students who use it double-check and verify what they read.
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