Lesson plan

EasyDNS

asyDNS Technologies Inc. is a Canadian domain name registrar and provider of DNS, web hosting and email services. Founded in 1998, the company is based in Etobicoke, Ontario. Mark Jeftovic, a co-founder and the company's chief executive officer, is the author of Managing Mission-Critical Domains and DNS.

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Article summary

asyDNS Technologies Inc. is a Canadian domain name registrar and provider of DNS, web hosting and email services. Founded in 1998, the company is based in Etobicoke, Ontario. Mark Jeftovic, a co-founder and the company's chief executive officer, is the author of Managing Mission-Critical Domains and DNS.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376118300

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.