User:CalcNate/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 economics


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. There are a few areas where the voice of the content is not neutral and needs to be reworded. Not every claim made has a citation, particularly in the first half of the article. The citations made appear to be from reliable sources. While the article does not explicitly focus on Wikipedia's equity gaps, it is possible to add a section that does cover underrepresented or misrepresented populations. This particular article could use more expansion and updated sources. The talk page involves Professors who have reviewed the pages and contributed recommendations for how to improve the article.


 * Sources
 * https://www.nber.org/programs-projects/programs-working-groups/economics-education?page=1&perPage=50
 * https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-effects-of-investing-in-early-education-on-economic-growth/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Resource war


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. The voice is generally neutral, but not every claim made has a citation. The Academic perspectives section could b e improved by adding more citations. The History section could be vastly improved by discussing more examples of resource wars throughout history. Modern examples could be particularly beneficial if found. The article does not focus on Wikipedia's equity gaps. The Talk page does not have much listed other than it being a recent Wiki Education assignment. The article is also a level-5 vital article for Society, Politics, and Economics. The particular focus for this article would be expanding the content of the article by providing a background discussion and more history examples.


 * Sources
 * Le Billon, Philippe,'Resource Wars Reframed',Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources(2014;online edn,Oxford Academic, 18 Dec. 2014), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199333462.003.0002, accessed 24 Sept. 2022.
 * https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113hhrg82147/html/CHRG-113hhrg82147.htm
 * Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Layoff


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic and the voice is neutral, but the article lacks some citation in the latter parts. The article has the potential to touch on Wikipedia's equity gap. The article could really benefit from expansion by adding some worldwide examples of Layoffs throughout history. Additionally some statistics and images could be provided to improve the article's information. The article's Talk page is relatively small and gives a few recommendations to improve the article, but notes that it has poor readability with excess information that could be trimmed down.


 * Sources
 * https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/403/how-do-layoff-costs-affect-employment
 * https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3442782/Katz_LayoffsLemons.pdf
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5521015/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Incentive (?)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Economies of density (?)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Very short, needs a lot of work.


 * Sources