User:Cle8383/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:Gary, Indiana
 * Article Evaluation:The "History" section of this article feels quite scattered and leans heavily on cliches about economic decline in the Rust Belt following World War II. I would focus my edits on providing more context for the larger societal trends briefly alluded to here—white flight, race riots, factory closures, etc.—to create a more nuanced portrait of the city's history.
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Option 2

 * Article title:Constitution of Indiana
 * Article Evaluation:On this article's Talk page, one commenter concisely summarizes the flaws that need attention: "Much of this entire article (originally) read like it was cut and pasted out of an opinionated history book, then spliced together with awkward phrases, probably by a student unfamiliar with wikipedia's neutral and scholarly tone." Some sections of the article have clearly been updated and rewritten since this comment was made, but the section on the changes made to the Constitution of 1851 could still use some polishing for clarity and additional detail.
 * Sources:https://iupress.org/9780253023445/hoosiers/

Option 3

 * Article title:Indiana Klan
 * Article Evaluation:This article does a reasonable job of chronicling the political and cultural rise and fall of the KKK in Indiana in the 1920s. However, noticeably absent is any reference to specific incidents of targeted harassment or crimes committed by Klan members, other than the notorious rape and murder of a young white schoolteacher. I would also add a concluding section noting the Klan's continued influence in the state well after its fall from power.
 * Sources:https://iupress.org/9780253052186/the-ku-klux-klan-in-the-heartland/

Option 4

 * Article title:Ball Corporation
 * Article Evaluation:The section of the article related to the company's move to Indiana in the 1880s is of interest to my research topic, so I would focus my revision efforts there. This section is full of dates and minutiae about favorable contracts negotiated between the companies' founders and the city of Muncie, but it feels light on detail and context. For example, several devastating fires are alluded to, but there is no mention of human casualties or the cost of reconstruction. The section on the IWW strike is similarly light on detail. I would try to find more sources to give context to the events, and/or link to articles about labor movements in the early 20th century.
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Option 5

 * Article title:Indiana gas boom
 * Article Evaluation:See "Evaluating Wikipedia" assignment, submitted 2/10/2024
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