User:Anavalop8/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
 * Effects of Domestic Violence on Children


 * Article Evaluation
 * I chose this because I am interested in learning more about the effects of DV on children, and figuring out how programs and interventions are aimed at helping kids. The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally, and does not try to persuade the readers in favor of any direction or argument. Not every claim is cited, and a couple of source links go to "error" or "not found" when you click on them. Overall, the content is informative, but needs more citations. I feel like that will make this article more credible, and adding more sourced information could make it a stronger article as well.


 * Sources
 * -Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships (textbook)
 * -need to look for more sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Child and Family Services


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article content does relate to the topic. However, at the top of the article, it reads that the article has issues that need to be improved/ edited. Citations are needed, and more extensive information should be input. The tone of the content is neutral and doesn't come off as biased.


 * Sources
 * -Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships (textbook)
 * -need to look for more sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Child Abuse


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content is relative to the topic and the organization of the article is very clear. There are many citations in the article. The tone of the content is neutral, as it does not make any biased arguments/points. It does a good job of defining the topic, and providing the effects of the topic, and gives good examples of child abuse. Many of the source citation links I clicked on were from reliable peer reviewed articles based on the topic, or a related topic.


 * Sources
 * -Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships (textbook)
 * -need to look for more sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Domestic Violence


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content is very informative and related to the topic. There are a great number of citations (almost 400), and most seem to be working (could not check all of them), many of which are books. The tone of the content is neutral because it does not try to sway readers in any direction. There are many sections that make it easy to find specific subtopics of the overall main point.


 * Sources
 * -Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships (textbook)
 * -need to look for other sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Domestic Violence in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article content is relative to the topic of DV, but specifically in the United States. Like the article above, it also has many citations in the sections. It is clearly organized into many categories, and is very informational about specific laws and statistics for the US. The tone of the content is neutral and does not promote any bias.


 * Sources
 * -Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships (textbook)
 * -need to look for other sources