User:Lianna Joe/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

 * Article title:- Veterans' court
 * Article Evaluation:- The first two introductory paragraphs do a great job at illustrating the overall concept and purpose of veterans treatment courts in a very concise manner.  However, the rest of the article has only one section that is titled "San Diego" after the city in which veterans’ courts were founded.  This is a very odd and frankly inappropriate choice since much more than the development of the treatment courts is discussed under this heading.  Although the section is at least broken down into various segments depending on the topic being discussed, there needs to be other sections that give the more central ideas their own spotlight instead of being crammed together.
 * Sources:- There are only three sources listed in the reference list, in which one of the URLs does not even work.  A note that says “The article needs additional citations” is also posted at the top.

Option 2

 * Article title:- Constitutionality
 * Article Evaluation:- The introduction is extremely short and unnecessarily confusing.  Thus, the reader is still left with not knowing the exact purpose of the article in general.  Moreover, there are only two major sections in which one of them has a very broad title and needs to be broken down into more digestible segments.
 * Sources:- There is only one source cited, and the website it leads you to is simply a plain definition of the literal word “constitutionality.”

Option 3

 * Article title:- Campaign manager
 * Article Evaluation:- The extent of this article is four small paragraphs with no heading whatsoever.  It only covers basic concepts that are poorly organized.
 * Sources:- Although the content is fairly decent and concise, there are literally no sources cited.  Despite this type of subject not necessarily needing meticulous detail, there is definitely information that is specific enough to require citations.  There is a notice at the top saying “This article does not cite any sources.”

Option 4

 * Article title :- Malum Prohibitum
 * Article Evaluation:- The definition of malum prohibitum in terms of its Latin roots is explained rather well.  Other than that, the article compares the term with malum in se without mentioning the controversy and slight subjectivity of right and wrong.  In addition, the article simply needs more examples that include how other countries and forms of government around the world apply this principle as well.  There is also a banner at the top of the page saying it needs overall improvement.
 * Sources:- For how short the article is at the moment, the three citations seem to be enough.  However, there is a fourth source listed in the references that does not actually appear in the article that needs to be fixed.

Option 5
* The major field for these articles is "political science" (my major)*
 * Article title :- Procedural law
 * Article Evaluation:- This article is very thorough and informative.  In regards to the content, it really does not seem to need much improvement.  It includes a plethora of supporting context that ties into how the topic is central to criminal justice without straying from the article’s original purpose.  There are multiple headings, and the content expands outside of the U.S. to include legal procedures around the globe.
 * Sources:- Despite the highly detailed information, there are no sources cited whatsoever. This is especially alarming since it's discussing the technicalities of law.  Although it gives links at the end for further reading, a reference section does not even exist.  A message at the top states that the article “does not cite its references or sources.”