User:Jeffers.s9/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

 * Roberta Achtenberg
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article could use more biographical information and more sources. She is the first openly gay public official in a federal position, and additionally there are few openly gay federal officials. There is no picture of Roberta Achtenberg. More can be added about Roberta's education.
 * The article could use more biographical information and more sources. She is the first openly gay public official in a federal position, and additionally there are few openly gay federal officials. There is no picture of Roberta Achtenberg. More can be added about Roberta's education.


 * Sources
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qfg14
 * https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/alumni/Honorary-Degrees/Pages/roberta-achtenberg.aspx
 * https://www.congress.gov/nomination/103rd-congress/154

Option 2

 * Tina Kotek
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is off to a good start. It outlines her early life and career, but speaks little on her personal life. There is also room for improvement for her accomplishments in government. More about her goals or what she ran on could be elaborated on further. Notable speeches, laws or anything similar could be added as well. The article is an outline of her life and career but could be elaborated on much further. Tina Kotek is one of the first openly gay governors.
 * The article is off to a good start. It outlines her early life and career, but speaks little on her personal life. There is also room for improvement for her accomplishments in government. More about her goals or what she ran on could be elaborated on further. Notable speeches, laws or anything similar could be added as well. The article is an outline of her life and career but could be elaborated on much further. Tina Kotek is one of the first openly gay governors.


 * Sources
 * https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/09/tina-kotek-oregon-governor-inauguration-speech/
 * https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/01/09/oregon-gov-tina-kotek-takes-office-with-a-promise-to-make-things-better/
 * https://ballotpedia.org/Tina_Kotek

Option 3

 * Jolie Justus
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is also lacking in crucial information. Jolie Justus is the first openly gay senator in Missouri. Biographical information is lacking, especially for education and personal life. The articles cited are all from 2019 or previous years, so there is no updated information on Jolie. She also proposed many bills and ran for governor, but these are not talked about in depth.
 * Sources
 * https://www.senate.mo.gov/14info/Members/D10/bio.htm
 * https://www.startlandnews.com/tag/jolie-justus/
 * Option 4
 * Mauree Turner
 * Option 4
 * Mauree Turner
 * Mauree Turner

Article Evaluation

The article is definitely lacking. They are the first openly non-binary legislator. The article mentions little about their private life, previous education, and important career steps. There is little information on their proposals and bills, or what their goals are. There are also no articles from 2022 or 2023, meaning that there is no current information on Mauree. They are also the first Muslim lawmaker in Oklahoma.

Sources

https://services.statescape.com/LegislatorInfo/Legislator.aspx?id=19354

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/first-nonbinary-and-muslim-oklahoma-lawmaker/index.html