User:Emsavi/sandbox

Article Evaluation

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 * there was also a sentence with a grammatical error-- no period at the end of the sentence
 * the article may benefit from explaining some things further. While reading I was sometimes left wanting to know a bit more detail about the Act
 * Article seems up to date
 * Overall, I feel that there can be additional information explaining the act itself. There was more discussion on the process of how the act came into play. Not very much description of analysis on what the Act actually was
 * the act is listed at the end in full, but it I think it may be better to explain it

TONE


 * may seem ever so slightly biased against Reagan; it may benefit from a well rounded explanation of why Reagan was vetoing the Act. (but this also may get into analysis if it goes to far; so I recommend just a little more information on Reagan's viewpoint)
 * Reagan viewpoint may need more representation to understand why he vetoed in the first place, and then why his veto was overridden

CITATIONS


 * The citations appear to be fine and most of the links worked
 * however, there seemed to be a lot of newspaper articles used as reference. While these are primary sources for getting quotes from a speech by Reagan, the other information taken from them may be biased one way or the other and should be further evaluated
 * i.e. "Bush's rash repeal of sanctions"
 * also note that the link for this article does not work
 * Biases are not noted throughout the article; this article may benefit by explaining both sides of the argument regarding the Anti-Apartheid Act further and noting biases or the different opinions more clearly

TALK PAGE


 * There is not much talk going on about the article; with a total of three comments: clarification on information and response back and forth about citation, as well as a citation fix by a user.
 * The article is apart of 3 WikiProjects: South Africa, United States, and Law
 * The article is rated
 * We have not discussed the 1980's yet so it is impossible to note any differences in class info vs wiki info

Article Selections

South Africa–United States relations— This is the one I am most inclined towards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa%E2%80%93United_States_relations

This article is lacking information about United States and South Africa relations during the Apartheid Era. There is little to no information about the United States stance on South Africa during this time, and also little to no information on the United States stance on the Apartheid regime. There is no mention of the Cold War and the impact this had on South Africa and United States relations. During the apartheid era, many nations around the world boycotted South Africa, and South Africa was not allowed to participate in the Olympics as well. It would be good to bring more information about what the United States thought of this and provide information about their foreign policy with South Africa during this time (i.e. trade, pro-apartheid, antiapartheid, etc.). Given Nelson Mandela’s arrest took place through the aid of CIA Agents turning him into the police, and given Nelson Mandela was on a terrorist watch list in the United States all throughout the 20th century; I think it is important to include more information about this era. There were also some anti-Apartheid movements going on in the United States that could be mentioned. There are other areas of improvement to be made, but this particular section stood out as the greatest need for improvement. There were only a couple sentences under this subheading, and I think there should be much more. Possible sources: •	Håkan Thörn, “The Meaning(s) of Solidarity: Narratives of Anti-Apartheid Activism,” Journal of Southern African Studies 35, no. 2 (June 2009): 427. o	Discusses some of the anti-apartheid movements •	U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism Review, GI TR 83-018, (N.p.: FOIA Electronic Reading Room, September 1, 1983), 7-14, https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp84-00893r000100240001-4. o	Reveals the CIA involvement in South Africa and their great desire to keep them from falling to communism •	Alex Thomas. U.s. Foreign Policy towards Apartheid South Africa 1948-1994: Conflict of Interests, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 43. o	US on South Africa during apartheid •	 Donald R. Culverson, “The Politics of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the United States, 1969-1986,” Political Science Quarterly 111, no. 1 (1996): 133. o	More on anti-apartheid movement specifically in the United States

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Anti-Apartheid_Act

This was the article I already reviewed for the article evaluation assignment. I see a lot of room for improvement on this article especially in removing biases, gathering more well-rounded information, and adding information and explanation of the act itself. If someone using Wikipedia wanted to find out general information about the act, I do not feel that this article does a very good job. I would consider reorganizing this article and in the introduction giving a better and more clear overview of what the act was actually trying to do/solve. After making a clearer and informational introduction, I would try and find ways to remove the possible biases about Reagan. Overall, I see room for improvement in organization as well as information. Possible sources: •	Thomson, Alex. “A More Effective Constructive Engagement: US Policy Towards South Africa after the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986.” Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies 39, no. 3 (December 2012): 371–89. doi:10.1080/02589346.2012.746186. o	Would need to look further into sources for this but found a helpful article from Ryan library

German Prisoners of War in the United States

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I was interested in this article initially because I do not know very much about German prisoners of war in the United States and I saw that this article was graded S-level—needing a good amount of improvement. After reading it I found that there could be improved citations, writing structure/sentence structure, and possibly more research t be done. I do not know how much information about WWII prisoners of war is made public, but I think there could be more information on the torture that took place as the article says there is only one known account of torture. Given time has gone by since that section was written, I am curious as to if some of that information has become more public as of the past few years. Overall, this article could greatly benefit from restructuring of sentences, and maybe additional research if available. Ideas for sources: •	I would look into government files that may discuss German POW •	Could find sources from POW or American Germans themselves—many of the German-Americans were grouped with the German POW Culture During the Cold War

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This article needs reorganization, clarity, and more explanation. I feel that those who seach on Wikipedia to learn about the culture during the Cold War in the United would want more than lists of films and music, etc., related to the Cold War. I feel that there is some explanation, but there is so much more to culture than just music and film; and so much more to be explained about the films and music themselves (like what they portrayed and meant to American culture). I would be interested in researching PTSD from WWII, the fear of communism, family life post-WWII, and various other areas that should be included in culture. Who was going to movies about the Cold War? What demographic were activists during the Cold War? Who was against the Cold War? How were Russian Americans treated? Were their anti-Russian sentiments? What about the landing on the moon? There are many more areas of culture that could be added. Overall, I believe there is a possibility to add more information about the culture during this time period. Possible sources: •	Kopkind, Andrew. Nation 236, no. 16 (April 23, 1983): 495. http://pointloma.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=11162121&site=ehost-live. •	Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan. “Cold War Pop Culture and the Image of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Perspective of the Original Star Trek Series.” Journal of Cold War Studies 7, no. 4 (Fall 2005): 74–103. doi:10.1162/1520397055012488.

United States foreign Policy in the Middle East [] I found this article to be lacking in information, but it spans pretty far in time and gets close to the present, so I am not sure if this would work but thought I would add it as a possible interest

Further Sources to consider/Bibliography:


 * 1) Thomson, Alex. U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Apartheid South Africa 1948-1994: Conflict of Interests. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
 * 2) Thörn, Håkan. “The Meaning(s) of Solidarity: Narratives of Anti-Apartheid Activism.” Journal of Southern African Studies 35, no. 2 (June 2009): 417–36.
 * 3) Meredith, Martin. In the Name of Apartheid: South Africa in the Postwar Period. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988.
 * 4) Beck, Roger B. The History of South Africa. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
 * 5) Culverson, Donald R. “The Politics of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the United States, 1969-1986.” Political Science Quarterly 111, no. 1 (1996): 127–49.
 * 6) U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism Review, GI TR 83-018, (N.p.: FOIA Electronic Reading Room, September 1, 1983), 7-14, https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp84-00893r000100240001-4.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Emsavi/SouthAfrica_UnitedStates for SandBox edits to article I chose

Apartheid Era In a speech in Washington D.C., Bishop Desmond Tutu described U.S. engagement with South Africa as “an abomination,” going on to describe Reagan’s close ties to the Pretoria régime as “immoral, evil and totally un-Christian.” [3] Reagan had previously attempted to veto a congressional motion calling for the release of Nelson Mandela.[4]

Edits: Sorry Ive been doing most my edits outside of Sandbox so I am starting to move them here now!