User:Makinchanges/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
 * 1973 meat boycott


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead: very short but does provide some basic information, such as dates that the boycott took place.
 * Content: clear structure, all sections contain very general information. Detail could be added, especially on who was participating in the boycotts.
 * Tone & Balance: the article is non-biased and fact based.
 * Sources & References: good mix of primary and secondary courses.


 * Sources
 * Cohen book
 * NYT 4/8/73 (Primary Source)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Consumers' co-operative


 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead: the lead provides information on what a consumer co-operative is and briefly describes their function.
 * Content: I would be focusing on consumer co-operatives in the United States, specifically how they functioned durning the depression and WWII. There is no information on that topic and little information about the history in general. There are passages needing more citation. C-class rating
 * Tone & Balance: The article seems fairly neutral but is lacking citation for certain claims and passages, such as:
 * "The philosophy that underpinned the cooperative movement stemmed from the socialist writings of thinkers including Robert Owen and Charles Fourier. Robert Owen, considered by many as the father of the cooperative movement, made his fortune in the cotton trade, but believed in putting his workers in a good environment with access to education for themselves and their children. These ideas were put into effect successfully in the cotton mills of New Lanark, Scotland. It was here that the first co-operative store was opened. Spurred on by the success of this, he had the idea of forming "villages of co-operation" where workers would drag themselves out of poverty by growing their own food, making their own clothes and ultimately becoming self-governing. He tried to form such communities in Orbiston in Scotland and in New Harmony, Indiana in the United States of America, but both communities failed." Sources & References: There is a good amount of source material but citations are lacking in areas within the article. Information, but also additional sources could be added.
 * Sources
 * Cohen book: chapters 1,2
 * - mentions consumer co-operatives in the context on early consumer movements in the United States.
 * - mentions consumer co-operatives in the context on early consumer movements in the United States.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Global trade of secondhand clothing
 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead: The lead contains no citations. There is a banner stating the article has multiple issues.
 * Content: This article is lacking so much. While I quite like the topic, I do not feel like this is a viable option, as the amount of restructuring it would take would be enormous. Again, I would be focusing on the role of secondhand clothing in the United States, so many just a section could be added to the article.
 * Tone & Balance: Considering the sources section is empty, you have to assume that this is a biased work. If there is no evidence, then it is all based on the author's word. That will not do!
 * Sources & References: There are no sources at all.
 * Sources
 * Benson second hand
 * Benson second hand

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 * Article Evaluation
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Option 5

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