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Article Evaluation--Downshifting (lifestyle)

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

The opening sentence talks how downshifting used to describe the shifting of manual transmission gears. Does this sentence have to be there? It doesn't have any relevance to the content on the wikipedia page other than the fact that this term used to represent a different term.


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

The section work and income, seem vastly overrepresented that the other sections spending habits, polices that enable downsizing, environmental consequences, and down-shifting geographically. This is because work and income consist of six mini paragraphs while the other sections range from one to two.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

The values and motives section seems to be biased toward the position that downshifting apparently takes place from events in life like losing a job or having a child. Also in the section it states that "one of the main results" of downshifting is being able to spend more time with family and loved ones; however, in the header downshifting is described as escaping from economic materialism which consists of more than mainly spending time with family and loved ones.


 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

The neutrality of the article is being disputed and it is involved in two WikiProjects, Business and Sociology.


 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

In class discussing one life living and mindful consumerism remind me somewhat of downshifting because they are all efforts to reduce materialistic consumption. Downshifting is explained in the article about how it differs from simple living however, I still feel like there are certain aspects that add to downshifting that weren't talked about. Since simple living, downshifting, one life living, and mindfulness consumerism are all connected shouldn't they be all mentioned in the article? While also have the differences noted.