User:Amb8675/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
 * Throw-away society
 * Article Evaluation
 * I had looked over this one for my inital evaluation, but looking back over it I see some clear areas for improvements. There is a lack a photos on it entirely, doesn't mention the US's relationship with this concept much, and it largely is focusing on food packaging, but not other aspects of convenience living.
 * Sources
 * https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-brief-history-of-plastic-world-conquest/
 * https://time.com/3879873/throwaway-liv-/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Junk man


 * Article Evaluation
 * It is a stub, very short and not much information at all about the topic. Definitely needs a lot of improvement


 * Sources
 * Not a link, but this concept of a "junk man" is seen a lot today in pop culture with shows like storage wars, American pickers, etc etc and I think that could add a lot of context to this page.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Drinking straw


 * Article Evaluation
 * Overall this article is very very thorough, but the sections about where bans are currently in effect as well as the "fiction" section could use some work.


 * Sources
 * https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/07/news-plastic-drinking-straw-history-ban/
 * https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/16/plastic-straw-alternatives-often-bad-planet-people-disabilities/1761397001/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Office of Price Administration


 * Article Evaluation
 * The dissolution section is good, but I feel like it is lacking a lot in what the OPA did and how they were able to function as well as criticisms of the organization.


 * Sources
 * The reading for our course discussing the OPA is one.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * National Consumers League


 * Article Evaluation
 * Also pretty short. The citations also are marked as needing help, so that is also a point of concern.


 * Sources
 * The Lizabeth Cohen book.