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Notes on Alex(parrot) (Article Review)

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Everything in the article is related to the topic. The entire focus is around Alex the parrot and his language skills. Nothing distracted me from the topic and the entire focus was kept around the parrot. Structure-wise the entire article is clear and coherent. There are no ideas that are not related to the linguistic patterns and capabilities of the bird.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * After looking into the edit history, this article was last edited a month ago, therefore it seems to be up to date with information. According to the article, Alex died on 2007, therefore there is not much recent information that can be added on the subject, nevertheless the article seems to be in constant revision.
 * What else could be improved?
 * Some of the points are repeated in the article and they should be more concise and less repetitive. Some introductory sentences are worded similar to the next sentences and provide little information and a more redundant style to read.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article was completely neutral and shows no bias towards any point. It does show great interest in the accomplishments of Alex the parrot and provided great information about his learning patters. It provides with a criticism section that gives the opposite point of view and possible problems about the experiment. Therefore there is not any bias in the article.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * There seem to be no clear viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented, nevertheless the Accomplishments section of the article is noticeably larger than the other sections. Since the focus of the article is Alex as an experiment it can be expected to see and emphasis on the findings of this experiment, but there is a contrast in quantity of information in the article.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * After looking into a couple of links they mostly work and provide with the information of the Article. They redirect to the correct page and just one showed an error as the information has been deleted from the original source. This issue was talked about in the Talk section.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Each fact is referenced by an appropriate reliable reference. Most of the citations come from Cambridge academic articles and appropriate sources. There is however some bias int he article as most of the pages are dedicated to Alex the parrot and since it was a live creature, some attachment was created towards him. Moreover one of the pages in the reference section include a message of grief towards Alex's death.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There are not many discussions regarding the topic of the talking parrot itself. Most of the Talk page is focused on correcting the mistakes of broken links and errors in the article as well as requests for clarification of information. Furthermore the experimenter that owned Alex the parrot contacted the person who wrote the article and added some information in the Talk page.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * This article is not related to the class however it does provide with a short yet clear way of presenting information. I find it very useful in terms of understanding the type of content that is available in Wikipedia and how to write my article when the time comes.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * This topic is discussed in a chronological order and just exposing facts. It seemed like a mixture of a news article and a lecture, showing only the important facts in a clear organized way.

= Transnationality (Article Draft) = The article on Transnationality is very vague and is in need for an update. Prior to the last edit on 2019, the previous edits as well as the date the Article was created are dated on 2016 and before. This Article is relevant in international cooperation as Transnationality is a keyword often used in international politics and the article is vague and outdated.

I want to include a list of companies and organizations that are and can be considered Transnational, as well as a description of what Transnational corporations are and a hyperlink to a Wikipedia page of multinational corporations.

The article also seems to be in a language that is not approachable to a general audience. It is very brief but uses highly technical terminology that either should include hyperlinks to facilitate understanding or rephrase into a more casual language that can be generalized to the common audience. A typo must be corrected too.

Transnationality - Article Draft

Plan to elaborate on the history of Transnationality. In addition to this, add information on companies that are considered transnational. Add sources about Transnational corporations, and compile a list of relevant articles that speak about transnationality.

As it states in the original article, this page is a stub. To help it, explaining further the idea of Trasnationality would be beneficial. Throughout this project we will conduct research that helps do just that.

Although the article does help to explain Transnationality, it is vague. Transnationality has become a more common term within politics in recent years. Therefore there may be more peer-reviews articles and information in general to help better this article.

In addition to these points, making the article an easier read would be helpful. Some of the terms used throughout may not be understandable to the general public. It would also be beneficial to add a list of multinational corporations, the may make the article easier to understand as people will recognize various companies that are transnational.

1. Introduction to Transnationality - points already made within existing wiki article. For example: the definition of Transnationality - elaborate on this definition, explaining how it relates to international politics as a whole

2. Transnationality - relationships between nations - how transnationality came to be and the relationships that have formed since the beginning of the idea - and example of various relationships. Ex Saudi Arabia and the US

3. Transnationality within corporations Example of transnational corpprations

= Transnationality = Transnationality is the principle of carrying out an action across national borders, in order to have effects at a more general level.Refugees are example of transnationality because they go accross borders to seek assylum (they move from thier original country to a country where they seek refugee) which makes them transnational. It is commonly associated with the actions of trade within the European Union(EU), in distinction to 'international' (among national governments and controlled by them) or 'supranational' (suggesting powers delegated to a higher level of government).

Because of the action that is taken with transnational cooperations it can help create better relationships between nations. Resources that are found in nations often need to be spread out throughout the world and thus transnationality helps this process.

According to the principle of subsidiarity, actions ought to be taken at the lowest level of government possible, in order to maximize democratic accountability and responsiveness to people's needs. The actions of the EU are therefore often justified by reference to 'transnational added value'.

Definition of a Transnational Corporation
A transnational corporation (TNC) is "any enterprise that undertakes foreign direct investment, owns or controls income-gathering assets in more than one country, produces goods or services outside its country of origin, or engages in international production" (Biersteker 1978, p. xii). Transnationality is defined as the extent to which a firm engages in value-creating activities across national borders. Faced with accelerated globalization, managers often make decisions to expand a firm’s transnationality in order to enable the firm to effectively compete with rivals on a global scale (UNCTAD 2014) example of this are Nestlé, Deutsche Post, Toyota, shell etc.

Because of the action that is taken with transnational cooperations it can help create better relationships between nations. Resources that are found in nations often need to be spread out throughout the world and thus transnationality helps this process.

Transnational Corporation
Transnational Corporations are enterprises that are involved with international production, foreign investment, manage income and assets in more than one country as well as produce some sort of service or product in more than one country other than the one origin country for the Corporation. Transnational Corporations share many qualities with Multinational Corporations, with only subtle differences between them. Transnational Corporations generally are recognised by their decentralised structure of management, with many bases in various countries where the Corporation operates.

Transnational Corporation History (TNC)
The history of the Transnational Corporation dates back to Western Europe in the 16th century. During this time firms like the British East India Trading Company were founded and helped to make transnationality what it is seen as this day in age (Administrator).

During the 19th and 20th centuries resources such as minerals, petroleum and foodstuffs and also the pressure to better markets made transnatioality increase within multiple nations. These were nations such as the U.S and countries in Western Europe. The resources that were being pushed across boarders from these nations often went to Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East (Administrator).

Transnationality of Organisations
An organisation has to be an international company which attempt to carry out her activities and operation across the borders of various countries and produce goods and services in a global scale. The number of these transnationals are increasing and they are also removing the barriers of boarders. These organization exchanges and transfer human resources across boarders. It’s an achievement for transnational when they get a recognized global competition. The transnationals joins the global efficiency and multinational rapid response in settings and operation of their organisation. The transnational organization also transfer assets from one country to another.

Transnationality in the Global Era
Local companies are involving in the cross border opportunities because of these reasons saturated home markets, the dangers of competitiveness of foreign businesses, the increase of world economic interdependent and movement of customers from one country to another. These transnational might have a state of origin but they are not owned by one single nation making them stateless and no ownership. They seems to be global but behave nationally, so they can have a standard global adequacy and at the same time grant the desires of the local market needs.

Investors of Transnational Corporations
The private sector and the government both invest in the transnational corporations.