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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
 * Shaken, not stirred
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is pretty well-rounded and gives a wholistic view of the history of James Bond's famous "shaken, not stirred" drink. It does have some faults, though; some that take away from the article's potential. For example, it is missing some very simple citations and sources for scenes referenced in the books and films, such as writing about sake inYou Only Live Twice with no citation. It's rated as a "Start-class" under the "Food and drink / Beverages" WikiProject. The article could have a section about the realistic health effects of Bond's heavy drinking habit, as all that was written about it was one sentence. The article is cited, but nothing else is said about it except "a general study...was published." This is the best place I see where I can expand on it. Nevertheless, I might not be able to add many new sources as they have been cited within the article, but they're not really developed. However, there is some disagreements over the temperature of sake so I found an article that contests Bond's (and by effect, Fleming's) claim. The article itself hasn't been touched in over a year.
 * Sources
 * Johnson, Graham, Indra N. Guha, and Patrick Davies. "Were James Bond's Drinks Shaken because of Alcohol Induced Tremor?" BMJ : British Medical Journal (Online), vol. 347, 2013. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1946235477%3Faccountid%3D11091, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7255.
 * Trevithick, C. C., et al. "Shaken, Not Stirred: Bioanalytical Study of the Antioxidant Activities of Martinis." BMJ : British Medical Journal, vol. 319, no. 7225, 1999, pp. 1600. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1777605089%3Faccountid%3D11091, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1600.
 * Zhang, Kaizheng, Wenchi Wu, and Yan Qin. "Research Advances on Sake Rice, Koji, and Sake Yeast: A Review." Food Science & Nutrition, vol. 8, no. 7, 2020, pp. 2995-3003. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F2426786320%3Faccountid%3D11091, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1625.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * The Saint (TV series)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is very informative and gives a pretty good neutral overview of the TV Series, not that there is much of it open to controversy. Nonetheless, it doesn't feel complete. I've read a few other articles from TV series of this time period and they are much more detailed and thorough, which leads me to believe that there is room for improvement, despite the fact the the article hasn't been ranked why Wikipedia yet. Places where I think I could add some content would be adding a section about its reception, reviews, etc. as that seems to be missing and is part of the general outline for Wikipedia articles on Films (and TV series for my purposes). I was also (fortunately enough) able to find a scholarly article analyzing the creator of Saint, Leslie Charteris, and how he compared to Simon Templar, his "alter ego." This might be good for a background segment but might also work well in the article about the The Saint himself, the books, or Leslie Charteris. Unfortunately, scholarly articles are hard to come by on a very underrated 1960s British espionage TV series. The Talk Page has some activity, mostly just suggestions or corrections, nothing major; the last post was from 2015, but the last edit was from last month.
 * Sources
 * Beardow, Ted. "Parallel Lives, Parallel Worlds: Leslie Charteris and "the Saint"." Clues, vol. 35, no. 2, 2017, pp. 69-77. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1981664068%3Faccountid%3D11091.
 * Boslaugh, Sarah. “'The Saint' Is a Charming Fairy Tale in the Form of a Spy Mystery.” PopMatters. PopMatters, 24 Feb. 2018. https://www.popmatters.com/193315-the-saint-the-complete-series-2495532856.html.
 * Goldsmith, Meredith. "Of Masks, Mimicry, Misogyny, and Miscegenation: Forging Black South African Masculinity in Bloke Modisane's Blame Me on History." Journal of Men's Studies, vol. 10, no. 3, 2002, pp. 291. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F222608974%3Faccountid%3D11091.
 * KEMP, Danny. "Roger Moore: From Saint to 007." AFP International Text Wire in English, May 23, 2017. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1901314745%3Faccountid%3D11091.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Q (James Bond)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article basically provides a brief overview of the character "Q" (or Quartermaster) in the James Bond books and films. Even within those subsections, the segments are pretty small; in fact, one of them only has one sentence. The article is listed as "Start-class" and I can see why as it does feel like certain things are missing. It goes from the novel to the films and that's it, nothing else about popularity, other media, etc. The Talk page is quite extensive, but it mainly focuses on small disagreements on terminology, classifications, and images, and the last edit was made a few days ago (surprisingly). Based on some very preliminary research, I think I might be able to add a section on the scholarly analysis of the character. One source I found was regarding the original "Q" of the 1960s (in Goldfinger, specifically) and what he was meant to represent about the British nation. Another one is about Ben Wishaw and his "new Q" introduced in 2012's Skyfall and how it relates to modern masculinity. Would be interesting to look into.
 * Sources
 * Jenkins, Tricia. "James Bond's "Pussy" and Anglo-American Cold War Sexuality." The Journal of American Culture, vol. 28, no. 3, 2005, pp. 309-317. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F200605610%3Faccountid%3D11091.
 * Hines, Claire. “‘Brave New World’: The New Q, Masculinity, and the Craig Era Bond Films.” Journal of Popular Film & Television, vol. 46, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 46–55. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/01956051.2018.1423209.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Danilo Medina
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is pretty generic and incomplete. While it does provide a fact-based and neutral overview of the former Dominican Republic, it does fail to cover some of the more negative sides of his administration. Whether this is due to bias or just lack of info of the contributors part is up for the debate, but I'm leaning towards the latter since it is rated "Start-class" and it does mention it in the lead (but doesn't cover it explicitly in the body of the article). The Talk page is pretty much empty except for a question about his ancestry and some issues with images and external links; it was edited fairly recently, but most probably due to his recent loss of the presidency. I definitely feel like I could add a section regarding some of the corruption and scandals the plagues his presidency and the social movements the began because of it and how the citizens reacted to it.
 * Sources
 * Zapete, Marino. La Crónica Irreverente. 2da ed., Santo Domingo, Editora Búho, 2019.
 * Office of Public Affairs. “Odebrecht and Braskem Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay at Least $3.5 Billion in Global Penalties to Resolve Largest Foreign Bribery Case in History.” The United States Department of Justice. Department of Justice, October 3, 2017. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/odebrecht-and-braskem-plead-guilty-and-agree-pay-least-35-billion-global-penalties-resolve.
 * Latinobarómetro. “Latinobarómetro.” Latinobarómetro Database, 2020. https://www.latinobarometro.org/lat.jsp.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Dominican Liberation Party
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article about one of the oldest parties in the Dominican Republic's democratic history is pretty short. It just provides a brief overview and a chart with all the percentages and numbers from past elections, nothing more than that. It has recent activity only because they had lost the 2020 elections. Similar to Medina's page, it doesn't list any of the negative aspects of the party and completely omits the Odebrecht scandal which many believe caused them to lose the election. The Talk Page is "amusing" for lack of a better word; it has one comment from 15 years ago when a contributor said the article had neutrality problems; it was rebutted 7 years later in 2012 saying the the article was neutral and the commenter provided some links to news articles of that time. The lack of "substantial" activity and content had gotten it a "Start-class" rating. I feel like I might be able to add more in-depth content, regarding the scandals, their not-so-clean history, etc.
 * Sources
 * Zapete, Marino. La Crónica Irreverente. 2da ed., Santo Domingo, Editora Búho, 2019.
 * Filmus, Daniel, and Lucila Rosso, editors. “América Latina, 1990-2018.: Avances Económicos, Retos Sociales.” Las Sendas Abiertas En América Latina: Aprendizajes y Desafíos Para Una Nueva Agenda De Transformaciones, by Rebeca Grynspan et al., CLACSO, Argentina, 2019, pp. 51–62. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvt6rmdr.5. Accessed 15 Oct. 2020.
 * Hartlyn, Jonathan. "Los Partidos Politicos En La Republica Dominicana: Actividad Electoral y Desarrollo Organizativo." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, vol. 42, no. 4, 2000, pp. 145-148. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F200283661%3Faccountid%3D11091.