User:Bjp07

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Everything is relevant to the article, but the first paragraph should be more introductory and not go into too much detail, but the one for this article is going into detail that a person looking for surface introductory material is not interested in. Like the line "In the case of retail businesses like supermarkets, purposely locating stores impractically far away from targeted residents results in a redlining effect" giving an example is not necessary in this paragraph.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

The information about the LGBTQ communities being targeted for redlining seems to out of date as a user Jennesy points out on the talk page. "The sources cited are nearly 20 years old" but the wording of the statement makes it seem like the practice is currently prevalent. There are no sources cited that support that redlining is occurring against members of the LGBTQ community in the current day and age. Therefore, what can be added are reliable sources that prove this phenomenon.

Additionally, there are severals points in the article which has "[page needed]" attached to them. This means that a specific page number(s) is needed in which the idea appears.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

The article is not biased per se, but the fact that redlining negatively affected the targeted communities and all the details included for maximum clarity makes it impossible for the article to be neutral. The particular position that the article is biased towards is the fact that redlining was an objectively destructive phenomenon as it did not help anyone and was fueled by racist and discriminatory ideas. This is the underlying viewpoint that is heavily referenced throughout the article. There is a lack of the opposite viewpoint, however. There is no mention of the positive sides or effects of redlining, and rightly so.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

The links work and all seem to be relevant to the topic in some way, if not related. For instance, there is a source that is titled "AIDS and Racism in America", which one wouldn't think be relevant in an article about redlining, but it is under the "environmental racism" section of the article. Thus, all the sources support one or the other claims in this article, and most of these sources seem to be reliable like the Washington Post, the New York Times or legal documents like https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/777866/download. Some sources so seem to be biased, as the titles very clearly suggest:

"How Redlining's racist effects lasted fro decades"

"Trump's 'Voter Suppression Campaign' Targets Black Voters" etc.

What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

The article is a part of the WikiProject Urban studies and planning, and has been rated as C-class and of mid-importance. The conversations that are going on for this article is some users questioning the credibility of some points in the article, or that some aspects may be missing from the article, like reasons for why and how redlining came into effect, and how some people have misconceptions about the topic. One question that a user on the Talk page asks is: "Why would banks reject loans if there is profit to be made?" and then other users go on to contribute to either answer this question or justify the reasons to not answer this question. Currently, there are little to no answers to this particular question in the article.

We talked about redlining in class in the context of the article written by Coates, and this article gave us a more personal insight on the negative effects of redlining. It told us a story of a man who was deeply affected by this phenomenon focused on housing, which (the intimate aspect) the Wikipedia article is missing in order to remain as unbiased as possible. They are common in that they both give is information about redlining, but the Wikipedia article goes into much more details and covers a broader range of the types of redlining like digital redlining and political redlining.