User:Cklaus1/sandbox

= Chloe's Sandbox for Nature and Industry in Russian Literature and Culture =

Science and technology in the Soviet Union
The evaluation is detailed below, but I think this is a strong candidate for my research project. It would be nice to include more information on the cultural influences of/on science and technology in the USSR.

Post-Soviet states
This is a B-rated article, so it is moderately developed, but I would consider adding a section on the post-Soviet environmental cleanup (or "lack thereof," as Professor noted). This seems to be the only thing missing from the article.

Environment of Russia
This is currently listed as a "stub" article- most of the sections are empty but merely refer to other Wikipedia pages. This article is mostly about the current climate and wildlife of Russia. I would be good to see if more sections could be added, such as one on literature.

Content
The content generally seems to be relevant but incomplete. One thing that I think could be added is information on Vavilov and on Soviet literature on science and technology such as the Goatibex Constellation.

Tone
There's informal tone at some places, for instance the sentence "Very large numbers of engineers graduated every year." They use a lot of general sentences that are not backed up by specific evidence. For instance the sentence: "Soviet scientists won acclaim in several fields, marked by a highly developed pure science and innovation at the theoretical level, though interpretation and application fell short." Certain claims do seem to be biased. For instance they describe Soviet scientists as being at the "cutting-edge," which is an opinionated statement. Some sentences are also oddly-constructed: "Although the sciences were less rigorously censored than other fields such as art, there were several examples of suppression of ideas."

Talk Page
Someone in the Talk page is concerned that the creator of this page is biased with pro-Soviet sentiments, which was also my impression. Another user is arguing that the topic is too vague and that there needs to be a citation from Anthony Sutton (which is good to keep in mind in the case that I choose this article for my research project). There's definitely a lot of criticism regarding how this article is approached, both in style and in bias.

There are several WikiProjects that have a stake in the completion of this article: WikiProject Soviet Union, WikiProject Russia / Technology & engineering / Science & education / History, WikiProject History of Science, WikiProject Science, and WikiProject Technology.