User:Bktfg/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
 * The Bottom Billion


 * Article Evaluation


 * The article's content is relevant to the book and is written neutrally. However, it could do with more detail about the theory, specific examples and awards concerning the book. Within its reception, there are only two main sources mentioned.
 * The citations are reliable (as they are mostly taken from the book itself), though it could use a greater range of sources.
 * Only four defined sections.
 * This article/book does tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps by focusing on how the poor has been misrepresented in the West.
 * The Talk page only has a few lines of conversation, suggesting that not many (justified or major) edits have been made
 * The sources could do a better job of representing Collier's argument, particularly by referencing the sources that he uses to support his point.
 * There are only 17 citations in this article, with a majority coming from Collier's own book.


 * Sources

Collier, Paul. "The G-8 and the 'Bottom Billion': Globalization has Left A Billion People Behind and they Continue to Fall Behind. what the G-8 has to do to Stop this Trend." Internationale Politik 62.6 (2007): 78-82. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

"IMF World Bank: Comment - Author of 'the Bottom Billion' - Paul Collier - Staving Off Food Riots Means Governments must End their Love of Peasant Agriculture, Accept GM and Stop Growing Bio-Fuels." The Banker (2008)ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Lipton, Michael. "Bottom Billion: Countries Or People?" The Journal of Development Studies 44.5 (2008): 750-60. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * The Witches (novel)

Article Evaluation


 * The article contextual detail and does not give a holistic viewpoint of the existing controversies surrounding the book.
 * Article is clear and coherent.
 * This piece is well organized, with four different sections that are clearly defined. However, there are a few grammatical mistakes which need to be corrected.
 * There is only one picture available in this article. Illustrations by Quentin Blake could be added to make the article more appealing.
 * The writer uses numerous questionable sources such as blogs and entertainment sites.
 * Sources used only include limited information about the article; they do not go into much detail nor do they acknowledge the diversity of opinions concerning Dahl's book.


 * Sources

Robinson, Joscelyn. "Dahl's the Witches Silly Yet Magical; the Witches, by Roald Dahl: [Final Edition]." The Spectator, Feb 19 2008, p. G16. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Bird, Anne-Marie. "Women Behaving Badly: Dahl's Witches Meet the Women of the Eighties." Children's Literature in Education 29.3 (1998): 119-29. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

"Dahl's Witches: IN BRIEF [Edition 6]." The Kent and Sussex Courier, Tunbridge Wells ed. ed., May 14 2010, p. 10. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Things Fall Apart


 * Article Evaluation


 * According to Wikipedia, this article possibly contains original research and is written more like a personal reflection or essay that states the editor's feelings about the book
 * The plot section could be more clear and concise
 * Sections are split up clearly
 * Reception part could highlight the controversies in a more nuanced way (has elements of bias) and mentions certain mundane information (e.g 60th anniversary of the book)
 * Some grammatical errors
 * Notable as it concerns historically underrepresented minorities
 * Relatively well-sourced, but would benefit from a greater diversity of sources (particularly academic ones)
 * Links are active


 * Sources

McLuckie, Craig. "Conversations with Chinua Achebe/Understanding Things Fall Apart: Selected Essays and Criticisms/Understanding Things Fall Apart: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents." Research in African Literatures 31.1 (2000): 181,184,235. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Ego-Alowes, Jimanze. "Things Fall Together: Chinua Achebe is Okonkwo of Things Fall Apart." The Guardian, Sep 08 2019, ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Puhr, Kathleen M. "Things Come Together with "Things Fall Apart."." English Journal 76.7 (1987): 43-4. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Holocaust by bullets (not currently on Wikipedia)


 * Article Evaluation

I'm currently taking a class called the Holocaust by bullets, which alleges that an additional one million Jews were killed in the Soviet Union as part of the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews. Father Desbois (my professor) is the president and founder of Yahad – In Unum who has devoted his life to confronting antisemitism and furthering Catholic-Jewish understanding. As such, I believe that his research (along with many other scholars studying the Holocaust) is worth studying; it is an issue that is highly important but widely under-reported. I would be eager to start a Wikipedia page about this topic.


 * Sources
 * "'Holocaust by Bullets'." New York Times (1923-Current file), Feb 03 2014, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.
 * "FRENCH PRIEST WHO UNEARTHED UKRAINIAN 'HOLOCAUST BY BULLETS' TO SPEAK AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA." US Fed News Service, Including US State News, Feb 20 2009, ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.
 * Danilova, Maria, and Randy Herschaft. "Documenting the 'Holocaust by Bullets'; for Book, French Priest Interviewed Witnesses to Slaughter of Soviet Jews." The Washington Post, Feb 01 2009, ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Option 5

 * Article title

The Lorax


 * Article Evaluation


 * Rated C-class
 * Sections are divided but 'inspiration' section is only one sentence long


 * Lacks detail about the 'reception' of Lorax and potential controversies
 * Items mentioned in the lead are not mentioned later in the article (e.g inspiration for the Lorax)
 * Well-sourced with academic articles, links work
 * Few, if zero, grammatical errors


 * Sources
 * Wolfson, Elissa. "The Lorax on the Screen -- the Lorax." E : the Environmental Magazine 01 1994: 49. ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.
 * Phillips, Michael. "'Dr. Seuss' the Lorax' **: Seuss, on the Surface; 'Lorax' Gets the Look Right, but the Book's Heart Gets Short Shrift; MOVIE REVIEW." The Baltimore Sun, Mar 02 2012, ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.
 * Monk, Katherine. "'the Lorax' is Green Message in 3-D; Cautionary Tale for Kids Addresses the Issue of Industry, the Environment and the Need to Change." Nanaimo Daily News, Mar 02 2012, ProQuest. Web. 1 Nov. 2020.

Option 6

Blasted by Sarah Kane - extremely graphic play that is incredibly controversial, but ought to be covered! (I studied it in high school)