User:Armand Bogossian/sandbox

Article Evaluation:
2018 Armenian Revolution: The article was for the most part very well written and had almost all the major components about the Revolution covered, however there was no mention of the political stance of the opposition and controlling parties. Furthermore there was nothing regarding the political future the opposition party promised to bring about. There was a day by day breakdown of the events that occurred during the time of the revolution, and on April 24 2018 it mentioned nothing related to the revolution took place due to the annual Armenian genocide commemoration. This aspect about the article was not highly relevant to the revolutionary topic, as it didn't build on the events that occurred. Also the term revolution was used throughout the posting, however many argue it is merely a regime change and that the events that occurred do not constitute as a Revolution. The talk page also brought up some great points about nonsensical sentences and no background information for why the people of Armenia wanted a change in leadership. It had a neutral tone and didn't make me question the legitimacy of the editors.

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Possible Articles to Work on:
Great Southern Reef


 * The potential for oil drilling companies to move their work into the Great Southern Reef is highly probable, but nothing is discussed about the potential destruction and wildlife disruptment that would take place if drilling began.
 * 30%-80% of the species in these reefs are found nowhere else in the world. What are the repercussions if their is an oil spill and the marine life surround the reef is disturbed or destroyed.

Arctic realm


 * This is a stub article with no information pertaining to the effects of Arctic sea levels increasing due to global warming and causing costal regions to become submerged.
 * This is one of twelve marine realms, but has significant impact on the other oceanic realms because of the glaciers their that are melting and increasing sea levels. The article has almost no information on the effects this region has on the rest of the world.

Red Sea


 * This is a very well developed article and has a great introduction on marine life in the Red Sea, however there is no mention of over fishing, industry over extraction, and rising coastal levels. Its a neutral in tone and has reliable sources. It is further developed than a stub article however it needs editing. The talk page has posts questioning the validity of the marine life claimed to be inhabiting the sea.

Inequality in Hollywood
We believe we can make meaningful edits to the Wikipedia article Inequality in Hollywood, which is listed as a start class article with “multiple issues.” Three of the main errors Wikipedia directly cites against the article are that it contains bias, reads like a personal essay, and uses vague wording susceptible to misinformation. In addition to fixing these copy edit errors, we want to improve the existing structure of the article. First, the article will have a history section to introduce the topic generally rather than dive into the different sections of inequality. Because of Hollywood’s youth, the scope of this section should be easy to limit. Here, we will also inject a number of academic sources describing inequality’s history, diversifying the types of references the article currently has (which are mostly news articles). Two landmark cases, the #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo movements, are also missing from this article, so we plan to include them under their appropriate sections and have links to their main articles. We want to include an ‘efforts made’ or aftermath section highlighting any progress to balance inequality, such as documenting the changes to the Motion Pictures Association on what is allowed in films versus what is not. Because of our newly proposed history section, this will make it easier for readers to compare past and present and direct them to possible loose ends (issues that have not been resolved) that they may be curious about prior to reading the article. Finally, we want to make the article more media-rich not only because the article contains only one image but also because media is directly tied to Hollywood. An example could be the movie poster for Ghost in the Shell in the section for Asian Inequality, illustrating its controversy and what it might look like for inequality to manifest.

Here are some proposed changes to the article. The article needs more neutral language, such as the last lines in Gender Inequality. The first section of the article can be a history section with a chronological timeline of inequality. A number of academic sources can be newly cited here to diversify the types of references in the article. The #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo movements should be mentioned in their appropriate sections. An ‘efforts made’ or aftermath section should be included to talk about present day inequality and/or equality. A couple more images or other media can be employed to demonstrate the visual representation aspects of inequality, given the media-centric topic.

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Doane, Ashley Woody. White out: the Continuing Significance of Racism. Routledge, 2003.

Gray, Herman. “Television, Black Americans, and the American Dream.” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, vol. 6, no. 4, 18 May 2009, pp. 376–386., doi:10.1080/15295038909366763.

Kaufman, James C., and Dean Keith Simonton. The Social Science of Cinema. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Reid, Mark A. Redefining Black Film. Berkeley: University of California Press,  c1993 1993.

Roediger, David R. Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

Rogin, Michael. Blackface, White Noise: Jewish Immigrants in the Hollywood Melting Pot. Berkeley: University of California Press,  c1996 1996.

Romero, Editor:Mary, and Editor:Eric Margolis. The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities. John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Sheridan, Earl. “Conservative Implications of the Irrelevance of Racism in Contemporary African American Cinema.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 1 Nov. 2006, pp. 177–192., doi:10.1177/0021934706292347.

Stam, Robert, and Louise Spence. “Colonialism, Racism and Representation.” Screen, vol. 24, no. 2, 1983, pp. 2–20., doi:10.1093/screen/24.2.2.

Yuen, Nancy Wang. Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism. New Jersey, 2016.