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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title:
 * Atala (novella)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The lead section fails to include any mention of that the novella is about and a person who just reads the lead section would only really know that it is a book. The article provides little information on the many themes in the novella and its plot overview is thin in some spots. For the claims made in the article there are very few citations to secondary sources. The talk page is empty and there seem to be a small handful of authors that have worked on the article. Overall I felt that the organization of the article wasn't the best (plot summary should be first after the lead section) and didn't read easy, made worse by the occasional use of more academic-type vocabulary unnecessarily. The images seem ok, but the addition of the book's cover (if possible) would be a good addition. Ultimately, the article provides a mostly sufficient plot summary but is really under developed.
 * Sources:
 * Hybridity and Ethics in Chateaubriand's Atala, by Claudia Moscovici (peer-reviewed article)
 * INSCRIBED WILDERNESS IN CHATEAUBRIAND'S "ATALA", by Ban Wang (peer-reviewed article)
 * Chateaubriand's "Atala" and Le Suire's America, by T. M. Pratt (peer-reviewed article)
 * INSCRIBED WILDERNESS IN CHATEAUBRIAND'S "ATALA", by Ban Wang (peer-reviewed article)
 * Chateaubriand's "Atala" and Le Suire's America, by T. M. Pratt (peer-reviewed article)

Option 2

 * Article title:
 * Council for the Development of French in Louisiana
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The lead section looks good for the most part. The article is pretty thin in terms of the history of CODOFIL. It doesn't include any information about the current board of directors. There are some claims without cited sources. The talk page only has notes about correcting a citation error and modifying external links. There is a banner of the talk page classifying the article as start-class, requesting a picture of the CODOFIL HQ building, and indicating a possible conflict of interest since CODOFIL communications was an editor to the article.
 * Sources:
 * I struggled to find peer reviewed sources. I found a few dissertations on the the CODOFIL and some things like the board composition can be found via a simple google search.
 * Sources:
 * I struggled to find peer reviewed sources. I found a few dissertations on the the CODOFIL and some things like the board composition can be found via a simple google search.

Option 3

 * Article title:
 * Acadiana
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The lead section looks good. The article lacks information on the languages spoken in Acadiana and their status/position apart from a brief mention in the lead section that the region is the historically French-speaking region of Louisiana. There is no mention of the political leanings or economy of the region either. In the talk page, the article is ranked as start-class and there is a discussion/debate between authors about the definition and boundaries of Acadiana.
 * Sources
 * "Don't call me a Cajun!": race and representation in Louisiana's Acadiana region, by Alexandra Giancarlo (peer-reviewed article)
 * From "Grand Dérangement" to Acadiana: History and Identity in the Landscape of South Louisiana, by Mark A. Rees (peer-reviewed article)
 * "Don't call me a Cajun!": race and representation in Louisiana's Acadiana region, by Alexandra Giancarlo (peer-reviewed article)
 * From "Grand Dérangement" to Acadiana: History and Identity in the Landscape of South Louisiana, by Mark A. Rees (peer-reviewed article)