User:Gabrielle.thomas/sandbox


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the topic? Is there anything that distracted you? The fact that the graph and maps are not explained nor even mentioned in the article . Furthermore, there are a lot of links towards other wikipedia articles that I found not relevant to the topic. I also found the organization of the article itself a bit odd. There are paragraphs explaining in detail a certain aspect or cause of migration, eventhough it might not be quantitavely as important as some other theories. It is hard to have an overview of which theories are dominant and which ones are more specific.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Some theories are explained (e.g Migration occurs because individuals search for food, sex and security outside their usual habitation ) and some others, on the same list (e.g. Zipf's Inverse distance law ) are barely mentioned and not summarized. Almost he same amount of space is given to dominant theories, such as the neoclassical economics one and some more specific ones (e.g. Migration occurs because individuals search for food, sex and security outside their usual habitation), without any mention of their importance.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?I don't see how the first link is relevant to the information mentioned just before. Most of the  sources seem relevant (link to the UN report), but a lot of them can't be checked online.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? Some sources are supposedly "neutral" (e.g. : UN International migration world chart) . A lot of the articles are not available online (or not linked) and therefore it is difficult to check the source.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?Some facts don't are not placed in time. We don't know when the data is from and it is not quantified (all the "Top ten")
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Most people want to change the whole structure of the article. They also mention that the historic overview is very incomplete, that some definitions could use improvement and that some importante migration flux are not mentioned.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is rated as a C-Class. It was part of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Many WikiProjects have looked at it.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think Wikipedia is less focused on the current migration dynamics and is looking at a more historical perspective. It is a controversial topic and maybe they don't want to get involved ? They don't mention states' immigration policies either.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?Some facts don't are not placed in time. We don't know when the data is from and it is not quantified (all the "Top ten")
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Most people want to change the whole structure of the article. They also mention that the historic overview is very incomplete, that some definitions could use improvement and that some importante migration flux are not mentioned.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is rated as a C-Class. It was part of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Many WikiProjects have looked at it.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think Wikipedia is less focused on the current migration dynamics and is looking at a more historical perspective. It is a controversial topic and maybe they don't want to get involved ? They don't mention states' immigration policies either.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is rated as a C-Class. It was part of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Many WikiProjects have looked at it.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think Wikipedia is less focused on the current migration dynamics and is looking at a more historical perspective. It is a controversial topic and maybe they don't want to get involved ? They don't mention states' immigration policies either.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think Wikipedia is less focused on the current migration dynamics and is looking at a more historical perspective. It is a controversial topic and maybe they don't want to get involved ? They don't mention states' immigration policies either.