User:Gs4446/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
 * Conservation and restoration of time-based media art
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article mainly lists general preservation techniques for multimedia. More specific information and sources could be added for time-based media art as opposed to general preservation information. Also, many of the sources are from the same overall author (the Guggenheim). There is very little discussion on the talk page, and most of the comments consist of users agreeing that the article is well-written and suitable for Wikipedia. There are some suggested additional sources on the talk page.
 * This article mainly lists general preservation techniques for multimedia. More specific information and sources could be added for time-based media art as opposed to general preservation information. Also, many of the sources are from the same overall author (the Guggenheim). There is very little discussion on the talk page, and most of the comments consist of users agreeing that the article is well-written and suitable for Wikipedia. There are some suggested additional sources on the talk page.


 * Sources
 * http://ndsr.nycdigital.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/moma.pdf
 * https://www.si.edu/TBMA/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Howard Besser
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article appears to be well-written, but it is short and I can see why it is designated as "s-class." Since it involves the biography of a living person, it requires following additional rules for Wikipedia editing. It may be difficult to find additional source information as there is discussion on the talk page about not including academic links.


 * Sources
 * Howard Besser - Digital Preservation (Library of Congress)

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Digital hoarding
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is inappropriate for Wikipedia in that it represents the editor/author's viewpoint. The persuasive intent of the article begins with the introductory paragraph referencing the "excessive" nature of digital hoarding. This article could be written in a more informative and less persuasive tone. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find sources that are objective and neutral; many of the sources have the same persuasive tone.


 * Sources
 * Case Report: A case of digital hoarding (nih.gov)

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Email archiving
 * Article Evaluation
 * There is a lot of discussion on the talk page, and the article itself has several areas that could be improved. Rather than discussing the topic itself, much of the article contains links to external examples of email archives. The article could benefit from additional description instead of a reliance on links to external sources.


 * Sources
 * Email - Personal Archiving | Digital Preservation - Library of Congress

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Emulator


 * Article Evaluation
 * I chose this article because it contains several areas that could be improved. The list of pros and cons is not extremely well-sourced and could be added to, in addition to the legal issues section.

Emulation - Introduction to Digital Preservation - Oxford LibGuides at Oxford University
 * Sources