User:Brian S Liu/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
 * Education in India


 * Article Evaluation
 * sources too often from news sites
 * "Initiatives" section focuses on government initiatives
 * "Central Government" subsection title capitalized
 * lead contains dense statistics
 * "History" section is missing non-ancient educational history
 * missing issues in urban education
 * missing more debated topics
 * inconsistent organization, in general can be improved


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * History of education in the Indian subcontinent


 * Article Evaluation
 * lacks content on
 * education post-independence
 * native states other than Baroda, during Colonial Era
 * style of education
 * relevant content, but some sentences don't in their section. many things seem disconnected.
 * neutrality
 * article doesn't incorporate enough opposing viewpoints
 * neutrality issue with early era section noted on Talk Page - somewhat fixed
 * citations
 * for Colonial Era first paragraph, doesn't cite the record by François Pyrard de Laval
 * some citations don't work, e.g., Sir Sankaran Nair, Minutes of Dissent
 * very little on Talk Page


 * Sources
 * Gupta (2006) Early Childhood Education, Postcolonial Theory, and Teaching Practices in India

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan


 * Article Evaluation
 * Content
 * Sources and figures are old
 * Article could be made better by listing and explaining major schemes with their evaluations
 * Organization can be improved in general. Also there are some overlaps
 * Integration section could go under History section
 * Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat section has a long paragraph that could be split to be read easier
 * The section "Other similar initiatives..." seems slightly tangential
 * In the Features section, the sentences about "School Chalen Hum" doesn't fit
 * Tone
 * Wording in the form of an opinion, such as "All states must ... speedily as feasible" in the section Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
 * Wording such as "Some educationists..." and "Many persons" is vague
 * Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat section doesn't seem neutral in tone. For example, "will not only provide ... but will also include" seems to be written in a persuasive :* There is little criticism or evaluation and everything seems to be written from the perspective of what SSA intends to do, not its effects
 * Sources
 * Most links are outdated. Some links are linked wrong, and some links redirect to other topics.
 * Sources are mostly official sites and news sites, with no objective research. Thus, it is mostly biased towards explaining the SSA. Even if a news site mentions that SSA has shortcomings, it does not mention what exactly.
 * Talk page
 * There is no conversation about the page, simply people explaining what they are doing.
 * Rated as Stub-Class on quality, Mid-Importance in WikiProject India.


 * Sources
 * Private Sector Research Study
 * Limited Environment Assessment and Management Framework
 * Nature and scope, a critical analysis

Option 4

 * Article title
 * The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009


 * Article Evaluation
 * content in first few sections don't exactly fit under section title
 * many overlaps between various sections
 * provisions under Passage section is listed in paragraph format
 * minor inconsistencies
 * 2005AD (History section)
 * "See Page 9 and Point no 4 of This Document" not standard Wikipedia style (Highlights section)
 * capitalization of section title Advisory Council on Implementation


 * Sources
 * Dasra Report, Appendix A

Option 5

 * Article title
 * National Policy on Education


 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources