User:Alexander Mitarotonda/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
 * Media in New York City - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * Extensive talk page
 * Contains a lot of hyperlinks to other Wikipedia articles
 * Needs to be modernized/ updated
 * Contains grammatical spelling errors
 * Doesn't have fair to use certain images


 * Sources
 * CNN
 * The New York Times
 * The Evening Post: Century of Journalism

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Balloon boy hoax - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lots of disagreement in the talk pages
 * Improvement of the article is needed as said in the talk pages
 * Doesn't have reliable sources
 * Written in American English- Grammar mistakes
 * Still not in good article criteria


 * Sources
 * CNN
 * The Globe and Mail
 * Los Angeles Times
 * FOXNews.com

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Sexuality in music videos - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * Needs additional citations for verification
 * Written in a non-neutral tone
 * Presents an American view of the subject, not a worldwide view
 * Has an active talk page
 * A lot of disagreement on the talk page
 * Unreliable sources - magazine, gossip blogs, and entertainment websites


 * Sources
 * Entertainment Tonight
 * Rolling Stone
 * Michigan Sociological Review

Option 4

 * Article title
 * CIA influence on public opinion - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * Contains original research
 * Requires cleanup to meet standards
 * Article lacks an effective lead

Sources

NY Times Sunday Book Review

Harvard University Press

Saturday Evening Post

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Lying press - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * Disagreement about the German derivative for the word "lying press'\
 * Translation issues
 * Disagreement about how the word was used after WWII
 * Disagreement about not referring to Pegida (organization that re-popularized the word) as an 'Islamaphobic far right organization'
 * A seemingly faulty reference where the cited newspaper page numbers are much greater than what a newspaper would have printed at the time


 * Sources
 * CNN
 * Politico
 * The Telegraph