User:KingRice27/Russian Mafia/Bibliography

Proposal
In the Wikipedia article, "Russian Mafia," I believe there are several tweaks, both additions, and subtractions, that I'd like to make. I would first begin by making adjustments to the flow of the article as it was quite all over the place. The introductory sentence did a poor job of leading into a description of the article’s major sections. It was filled with too many "also known as," and I felt it led to the reader drifting to other organizations versus staying focused on the topic at hand. Another thing I would like to move away from was the fact that the article was justifying the early beginnings of the mafia instead of condemning the barbaric natures of the mafia. While it's generally agreed that the article contains pieces of disputable political information, there still needs to be a lot of research done to verify the actual content. In the introductory sentence, the writer refers to "thieves-in-laws" and how these prisoners had a defined honor code, while I agree with the intent the truth is they were still motivated by power and fear; these statements are very controversial and should not be romanticized.