User:Elizabeth Marcotte/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.


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.

Option 1

 * Article title: Antoinette Tordesillas
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic, but there is not very much information there. One sentence is not cited but otherwise it seems like all of the information is cited. The article is neutrally written, focusing mainly on her education and academic award. The article addresses one of Wikipedia's equity gaps as women are underrepresented both as topics and editors on Wikipedia. Additionally, I would love to write about a female mathematician because women is STEM fields are often overlooked and disregarded in the world and on Wikipedia. There is nothing on the talk page, and I think that the article just needs more information in general.
 * Sources:
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 * Scales peter joseph, tordesillas antoinette, stickland anthony dirk, batterham robin john and the university of melbourne file united states patent application for comminution and/or removal of liquid from a material. (2014, Jul 06). Global IP News.Metal & Mining Patent News Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/scales-peter-joseph-tordesillas-antoinette/docview/1543330835/se-2
 * WIPO PUBLISHES PATENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, PETER JOSEPH SCALES, ANTOINETTE TORDESILLAS, ANTHONY DIRK STICKLAND, ROBIN JOHN BATTERHAM FOR "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMINUTION AND/OR REMOVAL OF LIQUID FROM A MATERIAL" (AUSTRALIAN INVENTORS). (2013, Jan 19). US Fed News Service, Including US State News Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/wipo-publishes-patent-university-melbourne-peter/docview/1270894626/se-2
 * Perry, L. (2004, May 12). A world in every grain of sand - BUDGET '04: THE RESEARCH AGENDA: [1 all-round country edition]. The Australian Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/world-every-grain-sand-budget-04-research-agenda/docview/357592328/se-2
 * Luntz, S. (2007, 05). Moondust and mars soil probed. Australasian Science, 28, 42. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/magazines/moondust-mars-soil-probed/docview/223702294/se-2
 * University of melbourne: Slope stability model can help prevent landslides to protect communities and save lives. (2021, May 25). Targeted News Service Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/university-melbourne-slope-stability-model-can/docview/2531517263/se-2
 * US Patent Issued to The University of Melbourne on Jan. 17 for "Method for prediction of a surface event" (Australian Inventors). (2023, January 19). US Fed News (USA) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/18F265D7B4608DD8.
 * I also found many more scholarly articles and pieces she co-authored and published, including some more recent work from 2022. It seems like her research has had many notable applications and contributed that are currently not mentioned in the Wikipedia article.
 * I also found many more scholarly articles and pieces she co-authored and published, including some more recent work from 2022. It seems like her research has had many notable applications and contributed that are currently not mentioned in the Wikipedia article.

Option 2

 * Article title: Agatha Jassem
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article content is relevant to the topic; however there is a warning that the content draws too heavily from sources closely associated to her which must prevent its neutrality. I feel like adding from newspapers like the sources I found might help with this problem as they provide sources outside of her own publications. Each claim has a citation but again the neutrality of the sources is questionable. The article tables one of Wikipedia's equity gaps by covering a female microbiologist, and I would love to write about someone doing important and current research in a field that has always interested me. There is nothing on the talk page except a message about fixing the format of some of the citations but even this Dows not mentions the neutrality issue. There is also a content warning stating that this arctic may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, so I am not sure what to do about that or it that poses an obstacle to me working on this article.
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 * Des chercheurs etudieront l'adoption, l'efficacite et les effets secondaires des vaccins chez des populations urbaines vulnerables. (2021, July 14). GlobeNewswire (USA) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/183BF13D13A046D8.
 * (This article is in French. I do not know the rules around using sources in other languages but I feel like I know enough French to read the source.)
 * Researchers to investigate vaccine uptake, efficacy and side effects in vulnerable urban populations. (2021, July 14). GlobeNewswire (USA) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/183BF12766849498.
 * Study finds schools are not at higher risk for COVID-19. (2021, June 22). GlobeNewswire (USA) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1834B0820EB142D0.
 * BC research improves ability to detect and predict avian flu outbreaks. (2018, June 12). Canada Newswire (Canada) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/16C800D6ED9382D0.
 * BC research funders create first-time partnership for nine new COVID-19 projects. (2021, May 20). Canada Newswire (Canada) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1829A731BB3C2388.
 * I also found many of her scholarly publications but I do not know how helpful that will be considering citing her own work would not be neural sources.
 * I also found many of her scholarly publications but I do not know how helpful that will be considering citing her own work would not be neural sources.

Option 3

 * Article title: Connie Walker (astronomer)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic and neutral, but the article has limited information. Some of the claims lack a direct citation, and I also wondered is more recent sources existed. There is nothing on the talk page and the article is incredibly short, so if I worked on it I would like try to accumulate more information about her, specifically her scientific work which is barely mentioned. The article tackles an equity gap by covering a female scientist.
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 * Walker, C. (2023, February 23). Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone. Caledonian-Record, The (VT) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/18FDF18FA8E8E298.
 * Impey, C. (2023, February 23). Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone. Conversation, The (USA) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/18FDDD1796B68788.
 * Duffy, M. (2023, February 19). Brighter and Brighter: How Light Pollution Is Erasing the Stars. Mother Jones . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/18FCA77576415FB0.
 * Marshall, N. (2023, January 19). Stars disappearing from human sight at ‘astonishing rate’, say scientists - Astronomers believe LED bulbs may be contributing to the night sky getting rapidly brighter.. Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England) . Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/18F28AB4872E8BF8.
 * Kleeman, E. (2007, Mar 08). Global project tracks effect of brightening night lights.McClatchy - Tribune Business News Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/global-project-tracks-effect-brightening-night/docview/462616865/se-2
 * I also found some of her work in scholarly journals but I am not sure how useful that would be since she wrote the pieces.
 * I also found some of her work in scholarly journals but I am not sure how useful that would be since she wrote the pieces.

Option 4

 * Article title: Mary Galvin (American academic)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The information is cited and the sources seem reliable and neutral. The only issue seems to be that the article is short and there is not much information available. There is nothing on the talk page, so I think if I worked not eh article my main goal would be finding and adding new information. This article also addresses an equity gap by focusing on a female scientist, an underrepresented and overlooked group.
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 * Borne, E. (2015, Sep 01). Mary galvin replaces crawford as COS dean mary galvin named dean of college of science. University Wire Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/mary-galvin-replaces-crawford-as-cos-dean-named/docview/1709014290/se-2
 * Ross, R. P., Galvin, M., McAuliffe, O., Morgan, S. M., Ryan, M. P., Twomey, D. P., ... & Hill, C. (1999). Developing applications for lactococcal bacteriocins. In Lactic Acid Bacteria: Genetics, Metabolism and Applications: Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on lactic acid bacteria: genetics, metabolism and applications, 19–23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands (pp. 337-346). Springer Netherlands.
 * Rodina, L., Baker, L. A., Galvin, M., Goldin, J., Harris, L. M., Manungufala, T., ... & Ziervogel, G. (2017). Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa: Future directions for research and practice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 26, 143-151.
 * Beyer, F. L., Madison, P., Kurian, M., Dasgupta, A., & Galvin, M. E. (2003). Current Progress on the Study of Model, Polystyrene-Based, Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.
 * A lot of this involves scientific articles published in scholarly paper. I think some of these are review articles however I am not sure whether she wrote the review articles or if they review her work.
 * A lot of this involves scientific articles published in scholarly paper. I think some of these are review articles however I am not sure whether she wrote the review articles or if they review her work.