User:Janemwestcott/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
 * Music censorship


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead Section - clear, concise, gives straight forward overview of music censorship
 * Content - article is relevant. Gives several examples to support; uses country-specific examples to illustrate what music censorship is like in each place. Could benefit from adding a section on freedom of speech and how people have challenged gov. issued censorship to keep music as a free expression. Could add section about how black Americans have had music censorship.
 * Tone and Balance - tone is neutral and covers a variety of perspectives through different countries.
 * Sources - links all work. Thorough sources, but could use some updating as latest source is from 2019.
 * Organization - article is clearly organized. Some of the countries need more information. No grammatical mistakes.
 * Images and media - limited images provided. Could use some pictures to show social movements to decrease censorship.
 * Talk page - article rated mid-importance. Previous argument over neutrality of the article. Part of the Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment.


 * Sources
 * Cloonan, Martin., and Michael. Drewett. Popular Music Censorship in Africa. Routledge, 2016, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315601427.

Luo, Mengyu, and Wei Ming. “From Underground to Mainstream and Then What? Empowerment and Censorship in China’s Hip-Hop Music.” Critical Arts, vol. 34, no. 6, Routledge, 2020, pp. 1–12, https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2020.1830141.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Bodybuilding supplement


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead Section - First sentence gives good overview of topic. Does not give an overview of the topics later discussed in the article.
 * Content - article goes through the substances used in bodybuilding supplements. Also provides section of controversy within the supplement industry, though could provide more details and real life examples. "Lack of Effectiveness" section very underdeveloped.
 * Tone and Balance - article is reliant on primary sources, with a biased tone due to the lack of medical research provided.
 * Sources - sources not current. Not all academic sources, with many news articles not providing unbiased information.
 * Organization - organization is clear, beginning with history, moving into types of elements within supplements and finishing with controversies.
 * Images and media - only two images provided.
 * Talk page - article subject rated high-importance, though it is clear that this article needs work in all aspects. Talk page discussing more types of supplements to be added, as well as ineffective and biased sources being used.


 * Sources
 * Brown, Jared A., and Nick A. Buckley. “Toxicity from Bodybuilding Supplements and Recreational Use of Products Containing 1,3‐dimethylamylamine.” Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 198, no. 8, 2013, pp. 414–15, https://doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11167.

Abbate, V., et al. “Anabolic Steroids Detected in Bodybuilding Dietary Supplements - a Significant Risk to Public Health.” Drug Testing and Analysis, Abbate, V., Kicman, A. T., Evans-Brown, M., McVeigh, J., Cowan, D. A., Wilson, C., Coles, S. J., and Walker, C. J. (2015), Anabolic steroids detected in bodybuilding dietary supplements - a significant risk to public health. Drug Test. Analysis, 7, 609-618. doi: 10.1002/dta.1728., vol. 7, no. 7, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015, pp. 609–18, https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.1728.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * American propaganda during World War II


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead Section - strong and concise. However, stresses that patriotism was central theme throughout war in lead section, but only mentions it twice briefly after that.
 * Content - Goes in depth to how media was used and in which mediums, as well as which themes were illustrated in the propaganda and their efficacy.
 * Tone and Balance - very balanced, showing the effects of propaganda for the allies and non-allies. Neutral tone with few places needing expansion.
 * Sources - sources are credible and the links work. Could use some media academic papers to explain how propaganda effects people, particularly in war times.
 * Organization - clear organization with good sections that flow. Sets up propaganda and how it is used and then explains how it was used to target specific groups during the war.
 * Images and Media - several pictures to show examples of propaganda, with sources for those pictures given clearly.
 * Talk Page - rated B for quality and low-importance. Talk page explains missing areas, such as racial inclusion propaganda, as well as any copyright issues, which have now been dealt with.


 * Sources
 * Welch, David. World War II Propaganda : Analyzing the Art of Persuasion During Wartime. ABC-CLIO, 2017.

Laswell, Harold Dwight. Propaganda and Promotional Activity; an annotated bibliography. 1902.

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