User:Car1000/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
 * Chief diversity officer


 * Article Evaluation
 * The CDO is a very important and increasingly relevant position as business across the world seek to increase diversity and inclusive practices at all levels of the company. This article was created years ago and has not had a good update since 2016.  Some statistics still represent 2009 numbers that have changed since then.  Other than that, the article is not in great shape overall as it doesn't even describe the position's responsibilities.  While not necessarily an article tackling an equity gap, there is some serious relevance of this article to underrepresented communities in business.


 * Sources
 * https://hbr.org/2020/09/do-you-know-why-your-company-needs-a-chief-diversity-officer
 * https://www.wsj.com/articles/demand-for-chief-diversity-officers-is-high-so-is-turnover-11594638000
 * https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/Insights/thought-leadership/Documents/Chief%20Diversity%20Officer_1218_FINAL.pdf

Option 2

 * Article title (New article)
 * Utility of donation


 * Article Evaluation
 * Utility of donation is a concept that has come up in non-profit consulting work I am currently doing. It is an idea that many nonprofits employ to increase donations and retain donors.  The fact that wikipedia didn't have a page on this was quite interesting to me as other nonprofit marketing terms such as "cause marketing" do have extensive pages.  Nonprofit marketing has typically been an under-researched sector of business, but there are a number of recent studies.  This positions a wikipedia article as a way to consolidate and give an overview of this research and increase awareness of the topic.


 * Sources
 * https://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Papers/Donations.pdf
 * https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/charitabledonation.asp

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Merchant services


 * Article Evaluation
 * While researching financial services in the Middle East and Africa for an investment fund on campus, I was trying to find a basic definition of the term "merchant solutions" (merchant services) and was confused by a very lacking wikipedia article on the topic. With a total of one reference and one cited sentence, this article is ripe for revising.  Financial solutions, and fintech in general is an important market that is currently experiencing incredible levels of growth in both developed and developing nations.  Especially in developing nations, fintech industry penetration is a sign of progress.  This article would be beneficial by adding to the lacking definitions of terms related to fintech.


 * Sources
 * https://www.fidelitypayment.com/resources/what-are-merchant-services/
 * https://www.fisglobal.com/en/insights/merchant-solutions-worldpay/article/what-is-merchant-services

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Fivio Foreign


 * Article Evaluation
 * Fivio Foreign is a New-York based drill musician. He is one of the leading drill musicians in the United States, and has been a large part of bringing a genre that is popular in the UK to the US.  It should be noted drill is said to have originated in Chicago, but has not spread far in the US until artists such as Pop Smoke recently brought attention to the genre.  His article is sparse, with many sections containing only a couple sentences.  There are many interviews and other sources with a wealth of information about him available, so it follows that the article could be full of much more information.  Drill is a genre of music on the rise and filling out a wikipedia page related to this trend will ensure Wikipedia is a forward-looking comprehensive body of knowledge.


 * Sources
 * https://www.complex.com/music/fivio-foreign-interview-brooklyn-drill
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/arts/music/fivio-foreign-big-drip-brooklyn-drill.html
 * https://www.xxlmag.com/fivio-foreign-interview-big-drip/

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Chief sustainability officer


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Chief sustainability officer is a position becoming popular in modern times as customers seek more eco-friendly business, regulators seek to combat global warming, and businesses seek to increase their own CSR programs. With the impending threat of climate change, this position will only grow in importance.  Sustainability focuses on other issues too including equitable practices.  The article has no section with paragraphs except for the lead and is lacking in citations.  Sections such as examples and alternate titles are larger than other, arguably more important sections that would contain definitions and job descriptions.


 * Sources
 * https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2014/10/08/what-do-chief-sustainabilty-officers-do/?sh=5dfd127d33ab
 * https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/director-sustainability