User:Gwugradstudent/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: Welfare State:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Yes, the article discusses the history of welfare states and the different welfare state in certain countries. It then ends with a chart of welfares effect on poverty.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Within the articles, everything seems up to date.
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * The article goes into the history of welfare in many different countries which includes the definition of welfare in the context of other cultures. This article also discusses the welfare state in multiple countries, which makes it objective. This article does also include how welfare influences poverty in the countries that have implemented one. The article does not however, discuss the welfare states within the lens of intersectionality.
 * What else could be improved?
 * I think the article could use a section on how accessible welfare states are among the countries and who uses it the most.
 * [Strader] I believe the subsection titled "Forms" is sort of getting at that, but I did notice how they didn't get at the idea of gender and welfare state at all; perhaps that could be something you can add to this article based on Session 4 readings? Since it's rated as C-class, it's a good candidate!


 * Sources
 * Briggs, A. (1961). The Welfare State in Historical Perspective. European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes De Sociologie, 2(2), 221-258. doi:10.1017/S0003975600000412

Option 2

 * Article Title: Welfare Queen:
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Yes, the articles goes into the origins and current discussions on the term welfare queen.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Since this is a fairly new term (from the 1960s), I believe that all the information about it is included.
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * The article goes into the gender and racial stereotypes of the term and it doesn't underrepresent or misrepresent these populations.
 * What else could be improved?
 * I think they should have an effect on how this term effects poverty.


 * Sources:

Option 3

 * Article Title: Welfare's Effect on Poverty :
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Yes, it briefly covers the effect of welfare on poverty.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * The article is pretty short, so there are a lot of aspects that could be expanded on.
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * There were no discussions of race or gender in the article.
 * What else could be improved?
 * There is a lot that could be improved in the article.


 * Sources: