User:Hkeenan01/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
 * Fools Fall in Love


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead contains the producers of the song, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. They also include who the song was originally recorded by, and the author includes other artists that recorded the song. The only picture is the record itself with Atlantic in big letters. The article could use more information.


 * Sources
 * Emerson, Ken (2006), Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era, Penguin, p.26 ISBN 1101156929
 * Neale, David (2003), Roots of Elvis, iUniverse, p. 36, ISBN 1101156929
 * Go-Set, 29 March 1967
 * Video on Youtube

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead gives little information, which includes date of birth and Rebekka's accomplishments. The article has one picture of the photographer, and the author only contains one section, her biography. The biography contains where she lived, and where she currently lives in Iceland. It also includes information about her images on Flickr. The author includes two links and provides seven sources. The seven references are all from the year 2007, which again ask the question of is this current.


 * Sources
 * "moguls of New Media" Wall Street Journal
 * "Images of Icy Beauty Come Out of Cold" London: The Guardian
 * "Use My Photo? Not Without Permission" New York Times
 * "Flickr censorship pr moderation mess-up?" Adorama
 * "Icelandic photographer: Stolen photos sold on eBay" Icelandic Review
 * "Yahoo 'censored' Flickr comments" BBC
 * Moodscapes Amazon Listing by Rebekka Gudleifsdottir

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Girl with a Pearl Earring (play)


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead gives the year when the play premiered, and where the play was performed. It also includes the London cast, but it does not contain a picture. The author gives one external link, and there are not any sources.


 * Sources
 * No sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Decoration of the Cross of Queen Elisabeth


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead has very limitated information, and the article only consists of three short paragraphs. The are no images included in the article, and there are not any external links. The author could expand the information, and use a picture of Queen Elisabeth. They only used one source and it is not current.


 * Sources
 * „Medalia Comemorativă Rusă 1877-1878" în Ordine, cruci și medalii române. Istoric, legi și regumamente. Vintilă Ivănceanu, Petre P. Sterescu, Petre Ionescu, C. Tâmpeanu, Imprimeria statului, București, 1927, pp. 104.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Decoration of the Cross of Sanitary Merit


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article only contains two paragraphs, and a column of information on the side. The lead does not contain a lot of background information. There is not a picture of any kind in the article. The resource link is a dead link and there are no external links.


 * Sources
 * There is not a source because it is a dead link.