User:Beaver14/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
 * Criminal law of the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * Intro - Only one sentence that briefly mentions how criminal law comes together in the United States. Needs to share more about the other sections since this is an overview page.
 * Content - As an overview page there is a lot of information present however there is not much information stated instead it is very generalized contain only one or two statements. Some sections such as Theories of Punishment have no information but rather links to other Wikipedia articles. Many of the information provided do not have citations and are just statements. Other subheadings have no information available at all. Sources --> Has only 7 references and only provides one further reading.
 * Images and Media - there is none on the page, however unsure if images are necessary for this article
 * Talk page- Page hasn't had much activity and only comments about small items that really doesnt help the article.
 * Sources
 * Nemeth. (2012). Criminal law (Second edition.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b11684
 * Crime in the United States (Print). (1998). Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice.
 * Nemeth. (2012). Criminal law (Second edition.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b11684
 * Crime in the United States (Print). (1998). Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Civil Rights Cases
 * Article Evaluation
 * Intro - Good introduction that talks about what the Civil Rights Cases mean (regards multiple landmark cases), would say its confusing in that it doesn't tell you right away the time period of these acts instead it focused on their meaning to the 13th amendment and 14th amendment. However, it sets up the content area well.
 * Content - Article is broken into Background, Judgment, and Significance. From my general overview of the article it seems as the background is missing a lot of information as it is only a brief paragraph which ends with the five independent cases that make up this article, Also the individual cases are not linked to other Wikipedia pages nor is more background about each case. The Judgment portion is the longest and this is because it has many judge quotes which I would suggest would be better if someone changed to their own voiced and summed up since each one huge clumps. This makes the Significance portion look tiny. Also the quotes are not cited or giving proper source mention.
 * Sources --> Has only 8 notes and only provides two further reading.
 * Images and Media - there is pictures of some of the judges involved and captions of what they are famous for as these are supreme court cases.
 * Talk page- Page hasn't had much activity and only comment is "there is some error in scotus box"
 * Sources
 * Francois. (2021). A lost world: Sallie Robinson, the “civil rights cases”, and missing narratives of slavery in the Supreme Court’s reconstruction jurisprudence. The Georgetown Law Journal, 109(5), 1015–1079.
 * RUTHERGLEN. (2009). Textual Corruption in the Civil Rights Cases. Journal of Supreme Court History, 34 (2), 164–169. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5818.2009.01206.x
 * Francois. (2021). A lost world: Sallie Robinson, the “civil rights cases”, and missing narratives of slavery in the Supreme Court’s reconstruction jurisprudence. The Georgetown Law Journal, 109(5), 1015–1079.
 * RUTHERGLEN. (2009). Textual Corruption in the Civil Rights Cases. Journal of Supreme Court History, 34 (2), 164–169. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5818.2009.01206.x

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Climate change and agriculture in the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * Intro - A brief paragraph explaining the role climate change has. States facts about US emissions and the role agriculture plays in climate change. Generalizes the roles that livestock and farming has on the land and isnt very direct towards the content instead seems clumped up together.
 * Content - Is divided into sections of livestock and crop systems, weeds, diseases, soil and water, extreme weather, and then human impact. Each of the section is nicely sourced/cited compared to the other articles I've seen. Biggest issue I have with the Content is that it seems very generalized and could be all expanded especially extreme weather and human impact. Both have two small paragraphs and should instead be lengthy sections with references to events in American History such as the Dust Bowl and the expansion west for human impact. Also in soil depletion no mention of revolutionary farming methods.
 * Sources --> Has 16 references and provides no further reading. However, the variety of sources is good and links to pdfs where they got information.
 * Images and Media - there is none on the page, however article could use some to demonstrate the types of the agriculture that has affected climate change to give a visual.
 * Talk page- Page was part of a Wiki Education course assignment, someone has suggested to merge with climate change in the United States.
 * Sources
 * Beach, Cai, Y., Thomson, A., Zhang, X., Jones, R., McCarl, B. A., Crimmins, A., Martinich, J., Cole, J., Ohrel, S., DeAngelo, B., McFarland, J., Strzepek, K., & Boehlert, B. (2015). Climate change impacts on US agriculture and forestry: benefits of global climate stabilization. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (9), 95004–. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095004
 * Walthall. (2013). Climate change and agriculture in the United States : effects and adaptation. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services, Climate Change Program Office.
 * Beach, Cai, Y., Thomson, A., Zhang, X., Jones, R., McCarl, B. A., Crimmins, A., Martinich, J., Cole, J., Ohrel, S., DeAngelo, B., McFarland, J., Strzepek, K., & Boehlert, B. (2015). Climate change impacts on US agriculture and forestry: benefits of global climate stabilization. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (9), 95004–. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095004
 * Walthall. (2013). Climate change and agriculture in the United States : effects and adaptation. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services, Climate Change Program Office.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Higher education in the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * Intro - Excellent intro that lays out the way the content will be provided in the article. As it is an overview page I would say the intro is justifiable being as big as it is because it provides a brief statement of all the information that could be found in the article.
 * Content - As an overview page there is a lot of information present and I would say there is a good category . The subheadings all make sense with the follow of the article and all have more than enough information and links to correct Wikipedia pages for those who want more information can go to them.
 * Sources --> Has over 201 references and only provides three further reading. I would say this article is very well cited and sourced.
 * Images and Media - There is a variety of images that show maps of people with degrees and colleges.
 * Talk page- Suggestions to merge certain sections in article. Was part of a Wiki Education assignment.
 * Sources
 * Casarejos, Gustavson, L. M., & Frota, M. N. (2017). Higher Education Institutions in the United States: Commitment and coherency to sustainability vis-à-vis dimensions of the institutional environment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 159, 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.034
 * NETTLES. (2019). History of Testing in the United States: Higher Education. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 683 (1), 38–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716219847139
 * Casarejos, Gustavson, L. M., & Frota, M. N. (2017). Higher Education Institutions in the United States: Commitment and coherency to sustainability vis-à-vis dimensions of the institutional environment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 159, 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.034
 * NETTLES. (2019). History of Testing in the United States: Higher Education. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 683 (1), 38–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716219847139

Option 5

 * Article title
 * History of immigration to the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * Intro - Brief paragraph which mentions waves of immigration but doesn't reference significant waves and the links to these waves. Mentions how the immigration system has slowly evolved to where it is and attitudes. As an overview page I would suggest this intro to be greater and have more references to other Wikipedia pages.
 * Content - Stats with the original immigrants, the colonizers and references all the nations that had a significant colonial present to in America. I would suggest to combine with Colonial era, other colonies as the articles is focused on immigration of the United States not colonial America. After this article uses periodization to talk about immigration that I agree works best for this type of article. Has links to significant events that influenced immigration. Is well sourced and cited.
 * Sources --> Has only 83 references and only provides a bibliography that mentions many histographies and relevant historical studies.
 * Images and Media - Many immigration posters/art of the time periods with good captions explaining information.
 * Talk page- Page referenced to include Spanish and French settlements which are found in the page now. Page has been part of a wiki education assignment.
 * Sources
 * Foner. (2019). The uses and abuses of history: understanding contemporary U.S. immigration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45 (1), 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.150755
 * Rosas. (2020). Undocumented Histories: Generative Approaches to Undocumented Immigrant Experiences and Immigration Histories. Journal of American Ethnic History, 39 (4), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.39.4.0005
 * Sources
 * Foner. (2019). The uses and abuses of history: understanding contemporary U.S. immigration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45 (1), 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.150755
 * Rosas. (2020). Undocumented Histories: Generative Approaches to Undocumented Immigrant Experiences and Immigration Histories. Journal of American Ethnic History, 39 (4), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.39.4.0005