User:KeeganmQuack/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
https://www.ajol.info//index.php/ai/article/view/22535 - Costs Money, but addresses the parliament
 * Article title
 * National Assembly (Botswana)
 * Article Evaluation
 * - article mostly consists of lead, not much content follows
 * - there is no history behind the parliament, it simply explains what it consists of
 * - there is not information about its general functioning
 * - article seems up to date in terms of parliament composition, not much else though
 * - citations are needed in some places, they are absent in others. Overall article is lacking on this front
 * - There is an opinion, "elections are considered free and fair" - a lot of passive voice which isn't great
 * - article does seem well written for the content that it does have, overall... it needs more content though
 * - there is one image, but it does seem like the article could be enhanced by more images
 * - no talk page discussions
 * Sources
 * might be better to simply address parliament instead of national assembly as a whole

https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejossah/article/view/134622 - some interesting information

https://www.jstor.org/stable/90024373 - about the parliament - parliament + executive relationship

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23237971 - about the parliament + women

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Politics of Western Sahara or Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * Article Evaluation
 * - both articles definitely need some help
 * - the first article almost consists entirely of a lead with no substance, the second one has more sections, but is certainly incomplete
 * - some information overlaps (like the Baker plan), but overall needs to be expanded upon
 * - in the first article, there is and incomplete discussion of elections
 * - in the second article, there is a brief discussion of governmental structures that could be expanded upon
 * - does not seem like article is up to date, last talk page comments were from the mid 2000's, could be discussed more
 * - it's place as a de facto state makes it more complicated to make the article neutral
 * - citations are not up date. One of the pages (the politics of the Sahrawi Republic) only has one citation
 * - no images given
 * - articles also overlap with Sahrawi National Council which could use some expansion in similar ways
 * Sources
 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41269-020-00166-4 - might hold information. Generally Unsure - must pay to get article
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/41858127 - most articles seem related to war + international recognition
 * https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajcr/article/view/52181 - definitely focused more on outside perspectives

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Elections in Burkina Faso
 * Article Evaluation
 * - this article definitely needs some help, it is short and not very comprehensive
 * - it does not talk much about how elections are carried out in Burkina Faso, nor about their prior forms
 * - it might be prudent to have a history sections for this article
 * - the lead is largely unfinished and does not say much information for the article
 * - the information does not seem very relevant, save for the section about "Electoral System"
 * - talk page contains no information or discussion
 * - most recent edits have simply taken the form of fixing wording and making the article comprehensible
 * - there are only two references, but there are some external links which is promising
 * - tone seems pretty neutral, does not seem as though there is much space for unbalanced tone
 * - there are no images for this article
 * Sources https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep31839 - French article about elections integrity
 * might be interesting to read more news articles - about histories of elections - journalistic articles
 * http://www.ceni.bf/sites/default/files/02%2008%202012%20Code_%C3%A9lectoral-BF-2012.pdf - actual government documents (not necessarily trustworthy)
 * https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/ifes_faqs_elections_in_burkina_faso_2020_general_elections_november_2020.pdf - article from USAID about specific Burkinabè elections

Option 4

 * Article title
 * House of Elders (Somaliland)
 * Article Evaluation
 * - I'm pretty fascinated with Somaliland and other de facto states, so this seems like an interesting topic to understand further
 * - There are actually quite a few references cited below, which is a good sign considering future resources
 * - However, the article itself is quite bare, there is only information in the lead section
 * - the information is minimal and overall it begs for more depth
 * - not many credible sources about in the sources section, many come from the bbc or other news organizations
 * - information does seem relatively neutral, though I anticipate it might be hard to write about considering that Somaliland is a de facto state
 * - talk page contains nothing
 * - overall, there have not been many edits, which means that not many people have considered working on this article
 * - there are no images in this article
 * Sources
 * https://www.proquest.com/ibss/docview/2612409869/B60E267B4D0F4B57PQ/5?accountid=15054 - case study of politics in Somaliland
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/40175204 - this article directly references the elders in Somaliland
 * https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ai/article/view/119077 - case study of local actors in Somaliland - not accessible immediately
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/20406419 - talks about governance in Somaliland

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Freedom of religion in Mauritania
 * Article Evaluation
 * - It looks like there are many freedom of religion articles that are either incomplete or unwritten, this is just one of them
 * - there are only two resources and the article expresses that it needs to verify some of its information
 * - just looked through the talk page, and some of the conversations seem especially tense
 * - many of these conversations are from the mid 2000's, and seem very targeted towards members of specific religious communities
 * - the information is often not cited and there is a relatively large amount of information considering the few sources
 * - the article doesn't flow very well, it seems as though it could benefit from a more deliberate outline structure
 * - there are no images in this article
 * - some of the information is relevant, but definitely needs to be expanded upon
 * - there are a lot of instance where the word "some" is used. Like "some people are allowed to this"
 * Sources
 * https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/09/26/Mauritania.pdf - reports from the U.S. government
 * https://www.proquest.com/ibss/docview/2616893793/2A6E2D52ACC64597PQ/2?accountid=15054 - this article is pretty interesting - goes into a case study of Mauritania
 * Mauritania is unique - only Islamic Republic in the area