User:Jesse Babcock/Choose an Article

Jesse: You've identified a solid content gap and are working toward the completion of your training, you still need to develop the content. - Professor Robinson

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: Fighting in ice hockey
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, the articles content is relevant to the topic
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * The question of "Is it written neutrally?" is something that is up for discussion in my opinion. For example, in the opening paragraph, it begins by talking about how it is enforcers in hockey engaging in the fighting. I feel that this is an old point of view and is out dated as the current landscape of hockey for the vast majority is focused on skill, and doesn't have nearly the amount of "staged fighting" as it did in years past.
 * Does each claim have a citation? Yes, each claim does have a citation.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * The question of "Is it written neutrally?" is something that is up for discussion in my opinion. For example, in the opening paragraph, it begins by talking about how it is enforcers in hockey engaging in the fighting. I feel that this is an old point of view and is out dated as the current landscape of hockey for the vast majority is focused on skill, and doesn't have nearly the amount of "staged fighting" as it did in years past.
 * Does each claim have a citation? Yes, each claim does have a citation.
 * Does each claim have a citation? Yes, each claim does have a citation.


 * Are the citations reliable? Yes, the citations are reliable.


 * Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.
 * The talk page is lively with objections similar to ones I had with the author assuming things such as fighting being a response to rough play, but hockey in itself is rough play.


 * Sources
 * https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22047613/nhl-why-fighting-historic-lows-wyshynski-weekly-reader
 * https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2019/1004/Last-of-the-enforcers-How-hockey-skated-away-from-fights
 * https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/27283018/the-new-normal-why-fighting-nhl-dropped-historic-lows


 * How I will improve this article

I plan on improving this article by showcasing the change in ice hockey that we see today, not only in the NHL, but leagues with younger players and how fighting is declining, there are more penalties if it happens and it is not the way it used to be, as this article showcases.

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