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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
 * "Scientocracy"


 * Article Evaluation
 * Content is mostly relevant, though overly specific and not comprehensive; focused mostly on specific thinkers in the space, with little deeper explanation than direct quotes
 * Article is neutrally written
 * Claims do have citations, each of which seems reliable
 * Overall, the article could use a lot of work; at this point, it's essentially a narrow analysis of particular passages of several individuals' works


 * Sources
 * https://www.newscientist.com/article/2096315-a-rational-nation-ruled-by-science-would-be-a-terrible-idea/
 * https://oxsci.org/should-we-let-scientists-run-the-government/
 * https://www.pnas.org/content/118/36/e2102798118
 * https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/why-we-need-protect-government-scientists-political-retaliation

Option 2

 * Article title
 * "Climate governance"


 * Article Evaluation
 * Overall, article needs a more clearly defined structure and needs updated information
 * Some section should be made subsections, while others should be expanded into full sections, and some new sections should be added
 * Many sources need updating, with some well over five years old


 * Sources
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0591-9
 * https://msiworldwide.com/sites/default/files/additional-resources/2018-12/Linkages%20-%20Democracy%20and%20Governance%20in%20Climate%20Change.pdf
 * https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030581299
 * https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2514848619887464

Option 3

 * Article title
 * "Environmental politics" (Democratic challenges section)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Overall, relevant content with reliable citations
 * Content could be more focused on quantitative or qualitative analyses of the ways in which democratic processes are slow to respond to climate and environment issues
 * Portion of this section on environmental justice could be expanded


 * Sources
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644016.2018.1444723
 * https://www.politico.eu/article/can-democracies-beat-climate-change/
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2012.709684

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