User:ChristinaMcLean/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.

Option1

 * Article title
 * Organ Donation


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has many areas that require editing and/or citations. It also has a very biased part in the section of opt in versus opt out in regard to a person's personality (negative vs positive) and their choice to donate or not. It does not list any citations for this provided correlation. There are a number of citations which appear to be incorrect
 * " "Archived copy". engage.dh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2022.", as well as citations to news articles which may or may not be reliable sources.
 * The article attempts to touch upon the equity issue of the female donor to female recipient ratio, but doesn't really look at economic equity (even while mentioning pay-for-organ options). This is not our chosen article.
 * The article attempts to touch upon the equity issue of the female donor to female recipient ratio, but doesn't really look at economic equity (even while mentioning pay-for-organ options). This is not our chosen article.


 * Sources

Organ donation

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Urban legends about drugs


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has very unreliable sources and reads like an entertainment article. It is missing citations as well. It is written with a bias favoring marijuana use as it brings up irrelevant information about the topic. It argues that marijuana is not linked to cancer (and bases this off an old news article rather than the actual peer-reviewed article the news article was about). The article does not cover any equity gaps. Overall, it needs too much work to make it notable, and isn't very relevant to the subject of health. We will not be working on this one.


 * Sources

Urban legends about drugs

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Botulinum toxin
 * Article Evaluation
 * Article Evaluation
 * Article Evaluation

This article has poor flow, needs multiple citations, and displays some potential bias against those with intellectual disability through the usage of the word "mental retardation" which was discontinued in in the DSM-5 in the year 2013. There are multiple claims made that do not have supporting citations It has sections that are difficult to understand and not meant for those who have less than a university background in biology (potentially this could be seen as further bias against those without access to post-secondary education. There are appears to be an edit war going on behind the scenes. This is the article that interests me the most for editing, and was the article chosen by our group.


 * Sources
 * Botulinum toxin
 * https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/08/01/2013-18552/change-in-terminology-mental-retardation-to-intellectual-disability
 * https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/08/01/2013-18552/change-in-terminology-mental-retardation-to-intellectual-disability