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Article Evaluation
Name of the article: Truth Condition Everything is relevant to the topic, but there is almost no organization and the explanation proving the last two sets are are identical yet of different meaning confused me. I feel like there is a more concise way of putting that idea, and if I were to edit the article that would likely be one of the first things I would change. The article seems neutral for the most part, but statements such as "almost universally considered" and "One popular argument" in the 3rd paragraph should likely be cited to back up those statements. More than the under or over-representation of any particular set of information in the article, it does not seem to have sufficient information to accurately describe what a truth condition is. There are no citations and no references to back up any of the information as of yet. While it may seem like common knowledge to the author, it leaves the reader with nowhere to look if they wanted to find out for themselves what a truth condition is. As of yet, there is no conversation ongoing on the page, but it has been marked by WikiProject Philosophy as an important article to edit to improve the quality of philosophy-related articles. The way this wikipedia article has been written comes off as more bias to me than the way we have learned Truth Conditions in class. I feel like it could made to look like something akin to one of the pages on a math formula, straightforward and with a simple explanation, examples, and sources backing up the thoughts on truth conditions.

Ideas for Barbara Johnstone Article
I think the main thing we need to tackle is the organization. I think the final sentence alone could be seperated into several different segments and expanded upon with what information we can find on those topics that she has discussed. One thing that I want to find out though is how in depth we have to go on the "personal life" side for a living person's biography such as this. There's quite a bit to do, but I think out of what to do, organization comes first, and then second would be maybe expanding upon Pittsburghese and some of the traits she has assigned to it.Jbergmann5 (talk) 00:47, 19 February 2018 (UTC) Edit: I found some more sources to add onto what you all found. They are as follows: Johnstone, B. (1990). Stories, community, and place: narratives from middle America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Wolfram, W., & Ward, B. (2007). American voices: how dialects differ from coast to coast. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Mobility, indexicality, and the enregisterment of “Pittsburghese”