User:JuliaLeary/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.

Articles for Editing:

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Home sign


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article lacks images - which would be a valuable addition for a visual modality of communication
 * Existing reference list needs updating (has no articles from the last 10 years)
 * Also, the sources that are in the reference section are primarily for the relation of home-sign to other sign languages, but there are few sources (and content) about the topic of home-sign alone
 * Few in-line citations
 * Language of the article is clear and easy to read, with a few grammatical errors
 * Article needs organization - create more content headings, fix content headings to make more specific/less vague, trim lengthy Lead section for clarity and easy reading, use information from Lead and sources to develop content sections
 * Article is a summary of the topic
 * It would be difficult to understand the finer aspects of home sign from this article due to lack of content and up-to-date sources (needs more content)
 * Article contains many links to non-existing Wikipedia pages and reference links are faulty
 * The article is neutral, but does not provide the Deaf community's perspective on the topic

Sources

Brentari, D.; Coppola, M. (2012). What sign language creation teaches us about language. WIREs Cognitive Science. 2012

Coppola, M.; Newport, E. L. (2005). Grammatical Subjects in home sign: Abstract linguistic structure in adult primary gesture systems without linguistic input (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hill, J. C., Lillo-Martin, D. C., Wood, S. K. (2019). Sign Languages. London: Routledge, https://doi-org.ezproxy.bu.edu/10.4324/9780429020872

Torigoe, T., & Takei, W. (2002). A Descriptive Analysis of Pointing and Oral Movements in a Home Sign System. Sign Language Studies 2(3), 281-295.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Alice Lougee Hagemeyer


 * Article Evaluation
 * Missing image of individual being discussed
 * Content is clear and presented from unbiased viewpoint
 * Article needs to be restructured for easy reading.
 * All information is contained within the Lead section (no content sections). This article could be reorganized, using headings for Education, Career, Legacy, and Recognitions.
 * Link to "The Red Notebook" website needs fixing.
 * Sources
 * Hagemeyer, Alice Lougee (Summer 1992), "We Have Come a Long Way". Library Trends.
 * "Visionary Leader - Alice Lougee Hegemeyer" Gallaudet University. www.gallaudet.edu

Article for Creation:

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Dorothy C. Casterline


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article does not currently exist on this subject
 * Individual co-authored Sign Language Structure with William Stokoe and Carl Croneberg
 * Page for this individual about her life and contributions does not exist like Stokoe and Croneberg.
 * Sources
 * Stokoe, William C., Casterline, Dorothy C., and Croneberg, Carl G. A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles. New ed. Silver Spring, Maryland]: Linstok, 1976. Print.
 * Hochgesang, Julie A., Miller, Marvin A. "A Celebration of the Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles: Fifty Years Later". Sign Language Studies (SLS), Vol. 16, No. 4, Summer 2016 (special feature)