User:Cellolizardschool/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
 * "Margaret Rosezarian Harris"
 * Article Evaluation
 * Gives a little summary of who she is first, and the main things you should know about her. Then goes into her childhood and how she grew up and what schools she went to. Then moves on to her job and all the accomplishments she had after school. Short, but seems to cover lots of important information, although I am sure there is more. It seems to not have any opinions.  There are many sources listed, and this is encouraging as this is a smaller piece of writing . There are a lot of references to articles, but they don't seem to be op-ed articles, so shouldn't be too full of opinions. The first sentence is a really good introduction and it tells us some basic facts about Harris while also giving us what the author is going to continue describing (Margaret Rosezarian Harris). The Lead seems to imply what the article's sections will be. The Lead mentions the amount of cities she travelled to, but the body paragraphs don't cover all of them.  The lead is an appropriate length. Yes the information in the article is relevant.  It may not be up to date, as the sources they used are so out-dated that the some of the terms used in the titles of the sources are considered extremely offensive and politically incorrect today. The article is about a woman who was African -American who was very important in the classical music world. The article itself seems to be neutral without biased statements, or perspectives that there are too much of.  The article is just facts, however I'm not sure if it's the same for the sources. There isn't a ton of information presented in the article, probably just the bare bones of the amount of information about Harris as exists and should be known.  Some of the statements are cited as coming from one source, while others are from two sources. The sources are not recent. The sources seem to not have an extremely diverse group of authors, but there are some more recent sources, and some sources written by women.  I'm not sure if there are any BIPOC authors in the sources. The link I tried worked (out of the sources) . The article seems to be written in a good fashion and doesn't seem to have grammatical issues and is organized well despite it's small amount of information. There are no photos or pictures to help the article. There isn't anything really going on in the talk pages.  It is rated as a "start-class, mid importance" article to the African Diaspora WikiProject, rated "start class, low-importance" to the Theater WikiProject, Rated "start class" for the composers WikiProject, is part of the classical music WikiProject, is rated "start class" for the Pop music Wiki Project. is rated "start class, mid importance" for the Women's history wikiproject, and is rated "start class" in the biography WikiProject. The article is well organized, and has a decent outline of information, but it is lacking tons of detail and possibly has some unreliable sources.  I think this article is incomplete because there could be so much information added.  The article is a good start but doesn't seem finished yet.
 * Sources
 * this is the citation for the article itself: "Margaret Rosezarian Harris", Wikipedia, 2019-04-20, retrieved 2020-10-12

I talked about the sources included in the Wikipedia article in the section above this one.

Option 2


 * Article title
 * "Lil Hardin Armstrong"


 * Article Evaluation
 * Really great article. The first sentence tells you exactly who the author will be talking about and gives some basic information . Yes, the beginning shows what the article will be about . The "Background" paragraph gave a bit of info about her childhood, but then this information wasn't then later explained in more detail, and could have been to give a more thorough analysis . The lead is a good length. Could of course have more information, but if you want to just get to know who she was and then also learn some important details and facts, this article is extremely helpful.  It seems that there are things cited frequently, but not every sentence.  This makes me think that perhaps  when the citations are listed, they apply to the sentences prior as well (if those sentences had no citation).  That is the only sort of red flag I see.  It's chronologically organized which is fantastic and is written in a way that is easy to understand and become engaged with.  The article has information that pertains to the topic, and the information given seems to be for the most part written within the last 25-ish years.  I think there can always be more content added, but there is a good amount of information here. The article is about an African American woman who is known for her talent in music and the many things she accomplished. The article seems neutral. Some statements have two sources associated with it, but most have one, and some sentences don't have a source afterwards, but the source that is a few sentences later could just apply to that cluster of sentences. The article is engaging to read and gets the information across well and is organized. There is one photograph, placed in a good spot at the top. The Biography/Musicians, Jazz, Chicago, African Diaspora, Women's History, Women and Music WikiProjects all are listed on the talk page of this article. Most rate it "start class" and most also have a level of importance, and one rates it "C-class".


 * Sources
 * The sources look very trustworthy, for instance lots of them are from books or online encyclopedia. Some of these sources may have been opinionated but the article seemed pretty unbiased so the author seems to have done a good job. They also listed a lot of sources. The links that I checked worked.
 * "Lil Hardin Armstrong", Wikipedia, 2020-09-07, retrieved 2020-10-12
 * "Lil Hardin Armstrong", Wikipedia, 2020-09-07, retrieved 2020-10-12

Option 3


 * Article title
 * "Nina Gamble Kennedy"


 * Article Evaluation
 * The first sentence tells readers very briefly what will be written about in the article (Nina Gamble Kennedy of course, and it gives the things she did as her career and birth year). It doesn't look like there is an explanation about each section and what it will talk about, however the article is broken up into clear paragraphs that have clear sections of the topic. The lead is very short and is very concise, to the point of being a singular sentence. The article's information is related to the topic and the content may or may not be up to date. It seems like it barely has any in-line citations so that may mean the information could either be from questionable sources, or from sources that haven't been updated. The article seems to be neutral and unbiased, and gives a good amount of information about Nina Gamble Kennedy, although it wasn't too long and could include significantly more information. It seems that there are many sentences where it can be unclear where the information came from. The citations don't seem to include all the information and many of them look like links with minimal additional information.  The article is well written and it is very easy to read and doesn't seem to have any grammar issues.  It is set up very well in its paragraphs and overall was very helpful, although I still feel it could have more information. I could suggest that if they have any information about the recordings that are listed and lists of works and films that would be a great addition.  Maybe adding some more information about the specifics of how these recordings and works and films came to be, and any really fantastic things that occurred, to add to the already fantastic things that Nina Gamble Kennedy did.


 * Sources
 * information about the article's sources above ^^
 * article citation: "Nina Gamble Kennedy", Wikipedia, 2020-09-19, retrieved 2020-10-12 (and 11/2 and 11/3)

I've decided to choose to add to the article about Margaret Rosezarian Harris. I was able to find more external information about her than I was about Nina Kennedy. My main goal for helping the article is to add the picture of her I found, along with the names of the pieces I found that she wrote, along with one of the recordings I found (the link to it). I think it is super important to actually have examples linked in of her work. I'd also like to link to the musical "Hair". I also think I have a few additional facts that I found that may help improve the article.

"Margaret Rosezarian Harris", Wikipedia, 2019-04-20, retrieved 2020-10-23

"Margaret Rosezarian Harris", Wikipedia, 2019-04-20, retrieved 2020-10-12

"Lil Hardin Armstrong", Wikipedia, 2020-10-15, retrieved 2020-10-23

"Lil Hardin Armstrong", Wikipedia, 2020-09-07, retrieved 2020-10-12

"Nina Gamble Kennedy", Wikipedia, 2020-09-19, retrieved 2020-11-04