User:Haidilao/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: "LGBT history in China"
 * LGBT history in China
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The article's content is related to LGBTQ history in China, including in modern China. This article will be relevant when I will be looking to set the context to Lin Bai's "The Seat on the Verandah".
 * Is it written neutrally? The article is written in a neutral tone with a very formal language. There seems to be no grammar or orthograph mistakes.
 * Does each claim have a citation? Each claim is supported by a statistic and an explanation. Concepts are well developed with proper citations. The list of sources is very extensive.
 * Are the citations reliable? The citations are reliable and come from verified sources (University of California Press, publications from research journals, New York Times, etc.)
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? The article covers in a general way LGBTQ history, but there isn't much coverage about same sex love post Mao era, which is what I will focus about in my article.
 * Interesting additional sources:
 * Ho, Loretta (2010). Gay and Lesbian Subculture in Urban China. New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0-415-55022-X.

Option 2

 * Article title: Lin Bai
 * Lin Bai
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Lead section: The lead section is concise and contains an introductory sentence that describes the topic. It also contains the description of the articles' major sections. The information in the lead section correspond to the content in the article.
 * Content: The article is relevant to the topic although it contains little information. There are a lot of content missing as this article is just a very brief overview on Lin Bai, it is not an extensive coverage of the author. The article deals definitely with one of the Wikipedia's equity gap, it discusses gender and sexuality in China. There seems to be no coverage on her publications considering the fact that in the Chinese version of the Wikipedia page there over 20 works of her's.
 * Tone and Balance: The article is neutral and doesn't seem to be biased. The content in each section seem to be evenly balanced.
 * Organization and writing quality: The writing is professional and the content is sensibly organized.
 * Image and media: The article doesn't seem to contain any image.
 * Sources
 * There seems to be not enough sources for the content of the article. Some claims don't have citations at all.

Option 3

 * Article title: Chinese Civil War
 * Chinese Civil War


 * Article Evaluation:
 * Lead section: The lead section is very solid and contains a lot of information regarding the context of the conflict between the Chinese Nationalists and the Chinese communists (which is crucial to set the context in "The Seat in the Verandah"). "The Seat in the Verandah" happens during the agrarian Revolution in China.
 * Content: The article is relevant to the topic because it provides a contextual reference for gender and sexuality in China at that time.
 * Tone and Balance: The article seems to be neutral and doesn't seem to be biased, the content in each section are roughly balanced equally.
 * Organization and writing quality: The quality and the pertinence of the writing is exceptional.
 * Image and media: The article contains interesting images with clear descriptions.
 * Sources
 * The article is well cited, with references from journals, archives, governmental websites and so on. Each idea seems to have its corresponding citation.

Option 4

 * Article title: 秋收起义 (Chinese Wikipedia)
 * https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%8B%E6%94%B6%E8%B5%B7%E4%B9%89
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Lead Section: The lead section is informative and concise. It contains a brief overview of the different topics that it will talk about later on. Majors sections are listed.
 * Content: The article is relevant to the topic because it provides a contextual reference about the root of the conflict between peasants and the communist party (which is a theme in "The Seat on the Verandah".
 * Tone and balance: The article seems to be neutral and doesn't seem to be biased. The content in each section is roughly evenly distributed.
 * Organization and writing quality: The quality of the writing is remarkable and pertinent to the topic.
 * Image and media: Images contain descriptions and correspond to the text they accompany.
 * Image and media: Images contain descriptions and correspond to the text they accompany.

Option 5

 * Article title: Chinese Communist Party
 * Chinese Communist Party
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Lead Section: The lead section is very lengthy, however it corresponds to the long list in the content section of the article.
 * Content: The article is relevant to the topic because it provides a contextual reference about the setting of the short story.
 * Tone and balance: The article is neutral, not biased and seems to be evenly distributed.
 * Organization and writing quality: The quality of the writing is good. The content is really well organized and easy to navigate.
 * Image and media: The images add to the content and have corresponding descriptions.
 * Sources
 * Finer, Catherine Jones (2003). Social Policy Reform in China: Views from Home and Abroad. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0754631750.