Gateshead

Article summary

Gateshead ( ) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. At the 2021 census, the population was 196,151. Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council. The town's attractions include the twenty-metre-tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1889 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of formation: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of formation: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of foundation: 1929 — 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 establishment is "1889". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of formation is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of formation is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of foundation is "1929". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. 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=1378349626