User:Cirwin10/Choose an Article

Homework Topics
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:
 * Mental toughness
 * Article Evaluation:
 * "This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style."
 * When I saw this message at the top of the article, I knew this was a very good potential article for me and my group possibly use for a few reasons. The first one being that is a personal reflection and not an article based on only facts.
 * - more fact based
 * -neutral POV
 * - more fact based
 * -neutral POV


 * Sources:

Option 2

 * Article title: Mental Health
 * Article Evaluation:
 * "This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject."
 * "This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject."

Seeing these words at the top of the article reminding me of what I learned in the tutorial. Therefore, I know this topic would be a good choice to further investigate because there is a lot of info that can be added, edited, and removed to make the article stronger.

-stronger summary and explanation

- neutral POV

Take out personal opinions/feelings


 * Sources:

Option 3

 * Article title: Self-Acceptance
 * Article Evaluation:
 * "This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints. Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page."
 * This article has the potential to be made stronger by taking out the unbalanced viewpoints, and by replacing them with a more neutral point of view.
 * -Facts>Feelings
 * -needs a neutral tone/point of view
 * -Facts>Feelings
 * -needs a neutral tone/point of view


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Option 4

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Option 5

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