User:Alex Oeser/Choose an Article

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
 * AI Control Problem


 * Article Evaluation
 * The opening provides a concise, on target summary of the topic and other subtopics mentioned further into the article. The article itself is free of grammatical errors, well written, and takes a fairly neutral stance. Some of the examples provided suggesting threats that AI could pose are purely speculation though, cited from a textbook that the article leans pretty heavily on. Also, certain components of the issue could be included in this page, such as AI Human Interfaces.


 * Sources
 * - Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell
 * - Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
 * - AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee
 * The thought has occurred to me after looking for good sources, that most, if not all of the good sources available on this specific topic are already cited in the article. However, I think that there is more relevant information to be pulled from these sources that should be included in the article.

Option 2 (Chosen Topic)

 * Article title
 * Globalization


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead of the article is quite long, possibly some work could be done into compressing it into a more concise few statements that outline the issues discussed instead of going into more detail about them. Other than this, the lead is neutral and does a good job of summarizing all of the information that will be discussed later in the page. In the etymology and usage section, there is a very long paragraph quote that could instead be summarized and compressed into a more concise cited statement. The section does a fine job of neutrally provided all of the different opinions on what globalization means on the world stage. There is also a off-topic reference to "globophobia" at the end of the etymology and usage section. Overall it is clear that there can be improvements made to the various sections of the article, possible rewrites to pull information together into shorter sections. The article is part of a number of wikiprojects and is referred to as a level 3 vital article, and marked as B class, so it definitely needs some touching up.


 * Sources
 * https://nyuscholars.nyu.edu/en/publications/globalization-and-the-research-imagination-2
 * https://doi.org/10.1163/030382400X00145
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08832320109601304
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=YHsZBQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=academic+journal+globalization&ots=b-Y-NO4i8H&sig=Nr82yhioRWc_C-wQS4oC8qwD_bY#v=onepage&q=academic%20journal%20globalization&f=false

Option 3

 * Article title
 * History Of Ethics


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is listed as level 5 vital article under history. It provides a good base line for the topic, and as such has been rated start-class. It is clear after reading the article that there are many areas of improvement. First of all, the lead does a fair job of introducing the topic and briefly discussing it, but does not outline the subtopics that will be discussed further within. Throughout the entire article, the some of the sections are very bare bones, providing only 1-4 sentences briefly summarizing ethics from the different ages. Much more information could be included to reinforce the different sections. Other than this, what is currently written is written well in a neutral and straightforward manner. The number of sections could be expanded as well to include more topics relevant to the history of ethics.


 * Sources
 * A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century by Alasdair MacIntyre
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QVQiAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA123&dq=history+of+ethics&ots=4Y8fVu4Rn2&sig=exb_F5FshHFjHHifPNVSxldMJBI#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20ethics&f=false
 * https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/the-development-of-ethics-a-historical-and-critical-study-volume-i-from-socrates-to-the-reformation/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources
 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources
 * Sources