User:Emmareside/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
 * Harold Lasswell


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article’s content is relevant to the topic. The article is written neutrally except for one sentence/section. All claims but one have a citation. Which is something I would improve. The citations are reliable and mostly primary/secondary sources. The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps. It lacks information and pictures and this could be one way I could contribute while editing the article. There is little info on the talk page about improvements or anything for that matter.


 * Sources
 * encyclopedia entry on Harold Lasswell - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Lasswell
 * Harold Lasswell memoir - https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qUhog4xaExcC&oi=fnd&pg=PT257&dq=biographical+memoir+harold+dwight+lasswell&ots=dfR1ihhQIf&sig=CVi74MrzSEfkTfJjAslDhBv6Ye4#v=onepage&q=biographical%20memoir%20harold%20dwight%20lasswell&f=false

Option 2

 * Article title
 * John W. Meyer


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article’s content is relevant to the topic yet lacks depth. The article is written neutrally. Each claim has a citation and is reliably sourced. Most of the sources are reliable and come from places like Standford University. One link does not lead one to a source and states that there is an error when on the website. The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps. The article’s talk page has a very formal entry that specifies the contributions one of the editors made. I could improve this article by adding more information and depth as well as pictures to make the article look more professional.


 * Sources
 * Picture of John W. Meyer on official work website - https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/john-meyer
 * ** not many personal details online, challenging to find sources and in conclusion not the best article to choose for final edits **

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Gary T. Marx


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content is relevant to the topic of the article. It is written neutrally. Each claim does not have a citation and there are words that are in red font meaning their link does not lead anywhere. The citations are unreliable and one has an error when clicked. The article overall has a warning that it has issues with it as soon as you visit the page. The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps. The article’s talk page has one entry saying hello to Gary himself and thanking him for his work on his own article. One could add his photo or just overall correct the mistakes made. This allows for a lot of potential to edit when correcting the mistakes made.


 * Sources
 * Picture from his official homepage - http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/garyhome.html
 * His work - DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226286075.001.0001

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Ottawa Fashion Week


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article’s content is relevant to the topic. The article is written neutrally. Each claim does have a citation. The citations are all reliable. The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps. The talk page has nothing on it. I would personally attempt to make the article look more complete while adding photos and more information. It has a lot of potential to add info and one could make a substantial contribution.


 * Sources
 * About Ottawa Fashion Week - https://go-gale-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=otta77973&id=GALE%7CA306515202&v=2.1&it=r
 * Picture from Ottawa Citizen - https://ottawacitizen.com/life/fashion-beauty/lights-go-out-for-ottawa-fashion-week