User:J-smoothe06/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
 * Demographics of the United States - Wikipedia
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is providing a lot of content in terms of the major effects of demographics on the U.S. The article provides a lot of statistics, graphs, and maps to demonstrate the changes in human populations over time. The publisher explains the factors of immigration, fertility and life-threatening diseases among different races. Most of the data and claims made were cited with proper resources. One of the subtitles needs to be change since it doesn't relate to the 1900s. In the Talk Page, people noted the specific numbers that need to update in the statistics, misuse of words in the body, and a data table was not cited by a source. This article received a B.

 Sources 

Data to show how COVID-19 was a big factor that affected human populations.


 * Article title
 * Deforestation in the United States - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content was missing a lot of information in terms of the factors that caused deforestation and its effects. In addition, the publisher could have explained the concept of deforestation in the leading section to help the reader understand what the article is about. The article seems neutral. At first, it gives negative effect such as habitat loss, but gives the positive effect such as increasing human population through agriculture. However, the publisher could have gone more in depth with these effects. Some claims have citation, but some of the citations seemed irrelevant to the topic. In addition, some of the references didn't work. The topic seemed to be underrepresented due to the lack of significant details to support the subtitles. On the Talk Page, people commented that the article was too short for the topic, lacked appropriate citations, and no useful information. The article was given an S.
 * Sources
 * Deforestation - Wikipedia
 * Statistics on Deforestation Today
 * The world's 100 most threatened species - Wikipedia

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Pollution - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content was satisfying but needed a summary of the effects on humans since it's created by human activity. The article discusses the various types of pollutions that happens in the world. It explains the effects of pollution on the environment and humans; and provides steps to prevent pollution. The claims were cited with resources. The organization of the body seemed off; the history should have come after the definition and types of pollution. On the Talk Page, the readers mentioned of external links being modified, wanted the publisher to describe about the indirect causes, and added missing information to the article. It was given a C.
 * Sources
 * Agricultural pollution - Wikipedia
 * Water pollution - Wikipedia
 * Environmental degradation - Wikipedia

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Population growth - Wikipedia


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content of the article was on point. It defines what is population growth in the leading section and the factors that have led to growth. However, the part of increased population in the following years should not be in the leading section, but in the body of the article. The article maintains a neutral point of view. The article provides research of future studies predicting the population change in the next years. It also provides charts of population increase by number and percentage in recent decades. The publisher could give a little background on the Black Death with statistics to show population decline. The publisher didn't further explain the advantages of medicine and technology on the growth of human populations. In the Talk Page, people mention that the article lacks further information on the factors that influenced growth and the mathematical equations seemed confusing. The article was given a C.
 * Sources
 * Black Death - Wikipedia
 * Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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