User:Jcirrone/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: Revolutionary Socialism
 * Article Evaluation: The article is well-established but is thin in some parts. Absent from the article is the Paris Commune, a socialist revolutionary government formed in Paris. This should at least be discussed in the article. The Civil War is also not mentioned. Marx wrote extensively about the Civil War, and even told President Abraham Lincoln that while the American Revolutionary War represented the ascendancy of the middle class, the Civil represented the ascendancy of the working class.
 * Sources
 * https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/iwma/documents/1864/lincoln-letter.htm
 * Marx's other writings about the Civil War
 * Marx's The Civil War in France: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/ch05.htm
 * Marx's other writings about the Civil War
 * Marx's The Civil War in France: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/ch05.htm

Option 2

 * Article title: Democratic Socialists of America
 * Article Evaluation: It relies heavily on primary sources according to Wikipedia, and doesn't have enough reliable secondary or tertiary sources to interpret those primary sources. I would want to add to the article by talking more about America's perception of DSA and what the world maybe thinks of DSA.
 * Sources
 * Atlantic article about how DSA membership has had a sharp increase during the pandemic and after Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign in April.
 * NPR article describing what policies the DSA supports from a journalistic perspective. This article interviews actual members and could provide a fair bit of context to the Wikipedia article if it's sourced.
 * The DSA Constitution: There are important bylaws in this document that the Wikipedia page doesn't mention. Like the fact that members are required to pay dues. And if you are low-income, the organization can reduce your dues.
 * NPR article describing what policies the DSA supports from a journalistic perspective. This article interviews actual members and could provide a fair bit of context to the Wikipedia article if it's sourced.
 * The DSA Constitution: There are important bylaws in this document that the Wikipedia page doesn't mention. Like the fact that members are required to pay dues. And if you are low-income, the organization can reduce your dues.

Option 3

 * Article title: Egalitarianism
 * Article Evaluation: This is a well developed article, but I noticed that there was one sections that was lacking. Egalitarianism in religion. In that section, only Islam is mentioned. There is a whole article on Wikipedia devoted to Christian egalitarianism, but the topic is mysteriously left out in the "Egalitarianism" article. If I were to take on this article, I would edit it to discuss egalitarian tradition in Christianity and other religions.
 * Sources
 * "Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism" by John G. Stackhouse- This is a book that delves into the case for Evangelical Christians adopting an egalitarian point of view.
 * "Women in Ministry: Four Views": In this book there are four different perspectives given on how women should be included in the church. Alvera Mickelsen, an Evangelical christian feminist, argues that women and men should be equal in the church.
 * "Equal to Serve: Women and Men in the Church and Home" by Gretchen Gaebelein Hull: In this book, Hull argues that the Bible casts women and men as equal ambassadors for Christ. In addition, she says that the genders should be subservient to one another, but rather subservient to Christ.
 * "Women in Ministry: Four Views": In this book there are four different perspectives given on how women should be included in the church. Alvera Mickelsen, an Evangelical christian feminist, argues that women and men should be equal in the church.
 * "Equal to Serve: Women and Men in the Church and Home" by Gretchen Gaebelein Hull: In this book, Hull argues that the Bible casts women and men as equal ambassadors for Christ. In addition, she says that the genders should be subservient to one another, but rather subservient to Christ.