User:KMag11/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

 * Mexican Workers' Party
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is currently a stub, and does not cite any academic sources. The article could be improved by finding academic journals about the Mexican Workers Party to support the claims in the article and add more detail to the pre-existing summary.
 * This article is currently a stub, and does not cite any academic sources. The article could be improved by finding academic journals about the Mexican Workers Party to support the claims in the article and add more detail to the pre-existing summary.


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Option 2

 * Aztlán
 * Article Evaluation
 * Overall evaluation:
 * Although this article has sufficient content (organized into helpful sections with a complete introduction), there are a few claims that need citations. The content in this article is particularly interesting since much of the article focuses on the fables/oral history behind Aztlan, which are often underrepresented on Wikipedia due to the sparse selection of academic sources written about oral histories. This article received the most editor attention around 2009 - 2016, according to the talk page, and the next most recent discussion from 2020 revolves around the inclusion of a possible Neo-Nazi source.
 * Analysis of neutrality:
 * Some phrases that could be reworded to be more neutral include the phrase "there are doubts about whether the place is purely mythical or represents a historical reality" from the introduction of the article. The word 'doubts' could be replaced with 'debates,' in order to convey that there are several points of view on the subject rather than a lack of knowledge. Additionally, the phrase "settled "near" Aztlan" should probably be reworded to remove the quotations around 'near,' which suggest either a direct quotation without a source or academic uncertainty. "Apparently contradict each other," and "Some say," in the second and third paragraphs of the 'Legend' section should also be revised to be more specific.
 * Other points:
 * The article contains a large quotation from a book, which could use a clearer citation but is otherwise engaging to read. However, this Wikipedia page might not be the best place for a book excerpt, and could be replaced by a summary of the tale. Further, the map titled "Territories considered for Aztlan" could use clarification as to which definition of Aztlan is used, since the article points out how the exact location of Aztlan is vague.
 * One question that this article brings up is: what is the difference between the References and Bibliography sections?
 * One question that this article brings up is: what is the difference between the References and Bibliography sections?


 * Sources
 * Lopez, Dennis. Cultivating Aztlán: Chicano (Counter)Cultural Politics and the Postwar American University. no. 1, 2019, pp. 73–11.
 * de la Torre, Renée, and Cristina Gutiérrez Zúñiga. “Chicano Spirituality in the Construction of an Imagined Nation: Aztlán.” Social Compass, vol. 60, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 218–35. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/0037768613481706.

Option 3

 * Silence March
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is also a stub, with only four references and a small introduction of the subject. This article could benefit from adding new sections to add more detail about the Silence March. One concern about this option is that there are not many academic articles about the Silence March in my institution's library collection.
 * This article is also a stub, with only four references and a small introduction of the subject. This article could benefit from adding new sections to add more detail about the Silence March. One concern about this option is that there are not many academic articles about the Silence March in my institution's library collection.


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Option 4

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 * Article Evaluation
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Option 5

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