User:Ektamodem/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: Child Migration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_migration
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's topic is about children migration. The content in the article mentions the reasons for migration, the rights the migrant children have, the vulnerability of these children, the risks and safety involved in this migration, impact on the development of the host country, and the history of child migration in certain countries. This content is relevant to the topic since they talk about these concepts in relation to children migration. The article is written neutrally since it is not arguing a certain point but giving information on the topic. Each claim does have a citation, however, a lot of the citations are missing links and URLs. The citations come from reliable sources, however, most of these sources are from more than 5 years ago. The date of the sources is important because this issue is still present in the current day. On the talk page, people are talking about the possibility of merging this article with the “Home Children” article.
 * The article's topic is about children migration. The content in the article mentions the reasons for migration, the rights the migrant children have, the vulnerability of these children, the risks and safety involved in this migration, impact on the development of the host country, and the history of child migration in certain countries. This content is relevant to the topic since they talk about these concepts in relation to children migration. The article is written neutrally since it is not arguing a certain point but giving information on the topic. Each claim does have a citation, however, a lot of the citations are missing links and URLs. The citations come from reliable sources, however, most of these sources are from more than 5 years ago. The date of the sources is important because this issue is still present in the current day. On the talk page, people are talking about the possibility of merging this article with the “Home Children” article.


 * Sources
 * United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Children's Fund, and International Organization for Migration (UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM) Fact Sheet: Refugee and Migrant Children- Including Unaccompanied and Separated Children - in the EU Overview of Trends in 2016:
 * UNICEF- Uprooted THE GROWING CRISIS FOR REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CHILDREN

Option 2

 * Article title: Refugee Children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee_children
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article’s topic is about refugee children, and the content in the article talks about the legal protection refugee children have, the stages of migrating and issues relevant to each stage, the health of the children and access to health care, their access to education, and specific issues refugee children with disabilities face. This content is relevant to the topic because they talk about these topics and issues in relation to refugee children specifically. The article is written neutrally since it does not take a specific position. Each claim does have a citation, and the citations are from reliable sources, such as academic journals and studies. On the article talk page, previous discussions have been about the tone and title of the piece, however, adjustments have already been made. A recent discussion is about adding additional information about the education of refugee children.
 * The article’s topic is about refugee children, and the content in the article talks about the legal protection refugee children have, the stages of migrating and issues relevant to each stage, the health of the children and access to health care, their access to education, and specific issues refugee children with disabilities face. This content is relevant to the topic because they talk about these topics and issues in relation to refugee children specifically. The article is written neutrally since it does not take a specific position. Each claim does have a citation, and the citations are from reliable sources, such as academic journals and studies. On the article talk page, previous discussions have been about the tone and title of the piece, however, adjustments have already been made. A recent discussion is about adding additional information about the education of refugee children.


 * Sources
 * Addressing trauma in collaborative mental health care for refugee children: Cecile Rousseau, Toby Measham, Lucie Nadeau
 * The Development of Young Children of Immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States: Elizabeth Washbrook, Jane Waldfogel, Bruce Bradbury, Miles Corak, and Ali Akbar Ghanghro:

Option 3

 * Article title: Refugee Health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee_health
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article’s topic is about refugee health, and the content in the article mentions the major health concerns refugees face, such as specific diseases, infections, mental health, and specifics about women and occupational health. The article also provides information about solutions to the health issues refugees face. While the majority of the article is written neutrally and informative, there is a section called “interventions” which seems to critique current strategies of handling diseases and offers suggestions. Each claim does have a citation, and the citations are reliable, coming from health organizations and academic journals. The article’s talk page, have discussions about moving the specific information about the US  to another page, and discussing the tone of the article to be “US-centric.” It also suggests adding more statistical data.


 * Sources
 * SYRIAN REFUGEE HEALTH PROFILE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases