User:DominicMullaly/sandbox

Article Evaluation (Borders)
This particular article seems to remain relevant to the topic throughout. The article explains what a border is, breaks down the different types of borders that exist (such as Natural, Geometric, etc.). It also explains the economic and political implications of borders and their functions.

This article does remain neutral throughout. It touches on many different borders from around the globe, the history of said borders and how different explanations of how borders work in the modern era.

In terms of citations, the word i would use to describe citing in this article is lackluster. For a large portion of this article there are no citations at all, but there are links to other articles throughout. The issue i have with this is that I am skeptical about the information because I have no access to where the author(s) came to find the information at hand. One example is a particular sentence where the article mentions cross-border regions actively encouraging in intercultural communication and dialogue. Since there are no citations it leads me to believe that this is an assumption rather than statement of fact.

As for the facts that are cited, they seem to be coming from valid, reliable and informative places (such as published articles from Universities)

For the talk page, there aren't many conversations happening. What is mostly happening is updating the language such as grammatical errors and changing the information as it relates to the articles that are linked within this article.

The difference between the Wikipedia article and what we've discussed in class is, the article mostly talks about the what perspective of borders, such as what a border is, what different types of borders exist and things of that nature. In class, we typically discussed borders from the why or how perspective, such as why do bprders exist and how does it shape international politics and relations.

= Article Draft (Biofuelwatch) =

What I aim to improve
I aim to provide information about things that Biofuelwatch has done in relation to their stance on biofuel, biomass and their respective industry. I am aiming to allow people the opportunity to extend their knowledge on Biofuelwatch as an organization and extend their knowledge on the views and beliefs of Biofuelwatch and the actions they take to support those same views and beliefs.

Biofuelwatch and Protests
Biofuelwatch has been known to join forces with various other organizations with similar views towards the biomass and biofuel industry in attempts to sway public opinion on public policies. Through actions such as public protests, demonstrations and press statements regarding their views on governments positions towards biofuels and the biofuel industry.

==== Notable Protests : ==== ·        April 20, 2016, London, England; Protest during the Drax Annual General Meeting ( http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2016/axedrax-agm/ )

·        June 25, 2012; African Land Summit protest. Joined with ActionAid and Friends of he Earth

·        April 19, 2012; Edinburgh, Scotland, outside the Scottish Parliament building. Joined with Friends of the World (Scotland), No Leith Biomass Campaign and the Grangemouth Community Council

·        October 22-23, 2011; London, England. Action Against Agrofuel Campaign

·        September 14, 2011; Edinburgh, Scotland. Joined in the Moving Planet protest against fossil fuels and large-scale biomass plans.

·        May 16, 2011; Grangemouth, Scotland. Action Against Agrofuel protest

·        February 24, 2011; Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland. No Leith Biomass protest

·        August 23, 2010; Grangemouth, Scotland. Action Against Agrofuel protest

Notable Demonstrations :
·        September 25, 2010; Portland, Oregon, USA. Demonstration against W4B’s palm oil plans

·        August 10, 2010; Bristol, England. Demonstration during the W4B public inquiry

·        May 11, 2010; Portland, Oregon, USA. Demonstration during the No Oil Palm Energy (NOPE) rally

#AxeDrax Campaign
The #AxeDrax Campaign is a UK based campaign based around the UK company Drax Group and the Drax power station. The aim of the #AxeDrax Campaign aims to bring public awareness towards Drax and their CO2 emissions in the UK. It is also aimed to bring awareness to now Drax and its electricity production and how it relates to large scare deforestation. The #AxeDrax Campaign and its efforts have provoked a response from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change

Genetically Engineered Trees Campaign (GE Trees)
The Genetically Engineered Trees Campaign (GE Trees Campaign) pertains to companies that genetically engineer trees in attempts to increase the profits f their tree plantations. The GE trees campaign seeks to examine the affects that these trees will or do have as they relate to climate change. The campaign also examines and evaluates the risks involved with the commercialization of genetically engineered trees.