###### Meg Ellis
# Web Search and Evaluation

### <a style="color:#52489C">1. Google Search</a>

#### 1a. What would you query to see how many pages on the English Wikipedia site contain the exact phrase “Northeastern University”? How many results did you get?
I searched <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%22Northeastern+University%22&sxsrf=AJOqlzX0Zm-uRoC-IUZkyDOf5BBsyXQ5Pg%3A1674409365803&ei=lXXNY8LQMM3S5NoP-Ku8oAU&ved=0ahUKEwiC79P73Nv8AhVNKVkFHfgVD1QQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%22Northeastern+University%22&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQA0oECEEYAUoECEYYAFC_AVjMGmDcHGgBcAB4AIABNIgBpQmSAQIyNpgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1" text-decoration:underline>site:en.wikipedia.org "Northeastern University"</a>. I got over 5,000 results.

#### 1b. What would you query to see web pages about the skate fish without mention of the phrase “ice rink”?
I searched <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=skate+fish+-%22ice+rink%22&biw=1440&bih=789&sxsrf=AJOqlzUzLQHxhJL27X34L6X1qxs-pjhC-w%3A1674419946243&ei=6p7NY9W8DrjQ5NoP78CXwAo&ved=0ahUKEwjV2eawhNz8AhU4KFkFHW_gBagQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=skate+fish+-%22ice+rink%22&gs_lcp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp">skate fish -"ice rink."</a>

#### 1c. What would you query to see web pages about the Northeastern Huskies from the first day of 2001 through the last day of 2002?
Trick question! At least I think it is. Instead of putting anything specific in the text box, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Northeastern+Huskies&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F2001%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F31%2F2002&sxsrf=AJOqlzWmz4lA7p4uTZqgE_rrWdgjsh9sxg%3A1674420417950&ei=waDNY-fLOd-hiLMP--CIkAM&ved=0ahUKEwinsN2Rhtz8AhXfEGIAHXswAjIQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=Northeastern+Huskies&gs_lcp=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-wGIAbkRkgEGMTIuNS4zmAEAoAEByAEEwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp">I used "Tools" underneath the text box to filter a custom time range.</a>
Something here has gone wrong, though. All the correct dates are shown, but the top link directs you to Northeastern's E-Sports team for the game *Valorant*. *Valorant* wasn't released until 2020.

#### 1d. Top image of the phrase “penguin pair” with a “Creative Commons” usage right.

### <a style="color:#52489C">2. Web Credibility</a>
OreSpawn is a popular Minecraft modification (mod for short) that alters the original game by adding extra features, like new weapons and bosses. The creator goes by TheyCallMeDanger online, but has also referred to himself as Richard H. Clark. You can’t play OreSpawn on the current version of Minecraft, though. Allegedly, Clark “went crazy” – according to a friend of mine – after Minecraft was bought by Microsoft in 2014. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Orespawn/comments/zetvg3/why_is_this_sub_so_small/">According to a user on r/OreSpawn,</a> “Danger went off the deep end and now OreSpawn is dead.”

I decided to analyze the manifesto-esque writing style Clark has developed on his primary website, OreSpawn.com. One tab on OreSpawn’s website is titled, “Fight Back!” “It’s apparently been turned into a massive anti-vaxxer screed,” <a href="https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mmd-orespawn">describes one user on a forum.</a> The creator begins, “Read on and learn what they do to you, so you can defend yourself properly,” which is incredibly ominous as “they” are never defined or further clarified upon. The only evidence I could find that “they” is referring to the government is that on the home page, Clark warns the user, “If you are still unvaxxed… fight for your life to stay that way!!!”

As stated by the Berkeley library, it’s important to know whether the author has evidence to back up their claim (Berkeley Library). In Clark’s case, there is no reference to external resources as well as no proof of when this was written, which also makes me very suspicious of Clark’s true identity. As for the source’s purpose, this is a Minecraft mod, so it’s unusual to get on such a political tangent.

I noticed a lot of emotional strings being tugged around the end of the passage. The creator writes, “Unlike most people, they enjoy making others miserable. They relish in it.” This seems like an example of confirmation bias, as defined by Valenza as “the tendency to believe information is credible if it conforms to the reader’s/viewer’s existing belief system” (Valenza 2016). Clark is directly tying his political beliefs to his own personal values, which can make things get pretty murky when deciding who you should and should not trust, and one always wants to be on the side that’s morally right.

### <a style="color:#52489C">3. Wikipedia Evaluation</a>
#### 3a. World Wide Web Consortium
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Reagle&oldid=620740325">On this edition of Professor Reagle's Wikipedia page,</a> it is stated that Reagle worked for the World Wide Web Consortium (or W3C for short). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#">Wikipedia's page on Verifiability</a> states that before adding something, it must be verifiable, otherwise the page must maintain a neutral point of view. Luckily,

#### 3b. Bestselling
It is also stated that Reagle's book, *Good Faith Collaboration*, is bestselling. This edition of the page has no proof that the book is bestselling, therefore it isn't verifiable.

#### 3c. Recommendations
In this edition of the Wikipedia page, I'd recommend presenting *Good Faith Collaboration* from a neutral perspective as there is no proof on the page that the book is bestselling.

#### 3d. Creation
Reagle's Wikipedia page was first created on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_M._Reagle_Jr.&oldid=500107440">June 30, 2012. </a>