User:Matinhomafar/sandbox

Possible Articles to Work on (Wrong Topics)

 * Article title
 * Texas hold 'em


 * Article Evaluation
 * I was initially planning on evaluating "Poker," but later decided to go with Texas hold 'em, a subset of poker, because I think it is a narrow faucet of a broader subject. The article maintains a neutral tone and does not try to influence the reader in any shape. The main objective of the article is to inform/educate. What stood out to me was the inclusion of relevant and informative graphics and videos, which make the "informing" part of the article more effective. While I think the article, as a whole, is written very well, I think there are areas that could benefit from some additions, such as the strategy section. I have found sources that could help me achieve this.


 * Sources
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC6245055
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC281533
 * Article title
 * RB Leipzig
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article, despite having multiple sources and a lot of information available, has grammatical errors scattered throughout the article. Additionally, the talk page mentions the fact that the article did not meet the criteria for a "good article," which shows that there is a lot of room for improvement. Given that RB Leipzig is a relatively young soccer club (compared to its counterparts), I think there is a lot of relevant information that is still to be added. I want to add more information about the club's founding which resulted in a mixed-response. I think the article currently focuses mainly on the sporting side of things, but there is an even bigger side to consider when you look at the manner the club was founded. I want to add information about the club's founding and the things the owners did to make the club what it is today. It is important to note, however, that I aim to achieve this by presenting objective information in a neutral tone and without an agenda. I have linked books and articles that talk about the club's early start without a specific agenda -- just facts.
 * Sources
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991085896972206532
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_2376583603
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9783960675778
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma99108587488720653


 * Article title
 * Iran national football team


 * Article Evaluation
 * There are a lot of grammatical errors that need improvement, but there are relevant pieces of information included. However, after looking at the references, it's become clear to me that the sources were not quite reliable. It is hard to find peer-reviewed journals on this topic, but it would be nice to find some and improve the article. The main things I would like to work on are adding information from reliable sources, improving grammatical errors, and organizing the information in a smooth manner.


 * Sources
 * https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_scopus_primary_2013147014

Final Topic and Sources
Article

OpenGov

Evaluation

There's a lot of potential with this article. I am particularly interested in this article because it pertains to the course and is classified as a "start-class" article, which means there's room for improvement should I find anything worth adding. Additionally, the company has been doing various things in the past year which I do not think have been added to the article (yet).

Sources

https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_gale_infotrac_673716841

https://www.govtech.com/biz/weatherford-raises-355m-for-gov-tech-and-other-investments

https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/s4lks2/cdi_gale_infotrac_671798351

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-to-launch-transparent-opengov-budget-resource-next-week/

https://www.govtech.com/computing/after-hack-and-scandal-scranton-pa-focuses-on-cloud-erp

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/opengov-and-fyllo-announce-strategic-partnership-to-create-the-first-comprehensive-cannabis-licensing-regulatory-and-compliance-tracking-solution-for-local-governments-301205377.html

My Contribution

A lot of the sources I have included cover new events that have occurred, so I would like to make the article up-to-date. I will do so by adding recent cities/counties that have become customers of OpenGov in the "Customers" section of the page. About three days ago, the city of Durango, Colorado, announced a plan to launch a transparent OpenGov budget resource some time next week. I can include this "transparent budget resource" in the customers section in addition to more updates as they become available some time next week. Additionally, there's one great article that was published about exactly one month ago that talks about Weatherford Capital's, a private investment firm, recent round of investing round, which has amassed $355 million for government technology spaces, with OpenGov being one such example. I also have another article that talks about OpenGov's involvement in the public sector in Greece. The company has also announced a new campaign -- "OpenGov Across America" -- that I believe is worth including in the article, because it is a new and recent development as far as the company's mission and trajectory are concerned. Overall, it's clear that there are a lot of new and relevant information that can be added to the article to enhance it.



History
OpenGov, which is headquartered in Sillicon Valley, was founded in 2012 in response to the 2008 financial criss. According to Account Executive David Spolidoro, OpenGov is "on a mission to power more effective and accountable government."

OpenGov operates in all 50 states and, in April of 2021, announced the opening of its office location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, making it the company's sixth company location in the country and its second in the Midwest.

On September 15, 2021, OpenGov announced its "Across America" campaign to "raise awareness of local public sector visionaries, who have devoted themselves to the betterment of their communities during a challenging time and highlight the important role they’ve played in continuing to help us move forward." As a part of the campaign, the company's CEO, Zac Bookman, embarked on a 4,000 mile cross-country biking tour, stopping along the way to thank local leadership. In support of this campaign, OpenGov also partnered up with Sandra Day O'Connor Institute to increase awareness for civic engagement and civil discourse, among other goals. On September 21, 2021, Bookman stopped in Salida, Colorado, as a part of the campaign and met with local city officials, where he was later given a tour of the downtown historic district by Salida's Treasurer Merrel Bergin. According to City Administrator Drew Nelson, OpenGov's platform has saved department heads significant amounts of time. The city has also expanded its use of the platform.

Municipalities
In October of 2019, the city of Plattsburgh, New York, signed a seven-year deal with OpenGov to use OpenGov's budgeting software. Despite being a seven-year deal, the contract can be terminated within 90 days of notice. OpenGov will charge the city of Plattsburgh a one-time start-up fee of $4,000 followed by an annual charge of $18,000.

Following a chain of cyber attacks and scandals, the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, partnered up with OpenGov to use its cloud based enterprise resource planning (ERP) to restore public trust, improve safety, and accelerate the city's operations. The City's Businsess Administrator, Karl Deeley, stated that Scranton's operations had not undergone any major changes since the 1980s, so its partnership with OpenGov will enable the city to decrease resiliency on its old infrastructure.

In September of 2021, the municipality of Durango, Colorado, announced its partnership with OpenGov to increase transparency with its citizens by allowing them to view the city's finances, as well as the spending of other government entities, real time. The effort to increase transparency came after Durango's former finance director, Julie Brown, was caught embezzling over $700,000 across 11 years. Durango also lost millions of dollars through clerical errors in 2019, which OpenGov's software could prevent down the road.

Counties
In June of 2021, Crook County, Oregon, joined OpenGov's list of clients when it started to use OpenGov's budget and financing software, enabling residents to interact with the budget. Crook County's budgeting was done by a small team, so the county decided to automate its budgeting process through OpenGov, improving the efficiency and the effectiveness of the budgeting process.

Companies
On January 11, 2021, OpenGov announced its partnership with Fyllo, a cannabis compliance software company, to streamline the ability of local municipalities to not only write and approve new cannabis regulations, but to also create a thorough compliance tracking solution. This comes in response to Fyllo’s report of an increase of 55% in the number of government meetings about marijuana regulation throughout the U.S. Cannabis legislation provides a new source of income for many local governments, so OpenGov and Fyllo will be working with local governments to allow "government officials to easily track regulations and policies tied to these processes to ensure that municipalities are compliant with state and federal law."

Funding
In mid-August of 2021, Weatherford Capital, a private investment firm in Florida, closed nearly $355 million in its first round of investments for the government technology space, with OpenGov being one of the multiple civic technology companies that received a portion of the investments.

First Feedback
The “History” section in my sandbox includes only my contributions, which do not take into account the company’s past projects, since those projects are already included. The same goes for almost every other section in my sandbox; I have not included the information that is already included because I wanted my sandbox to include my contributions. My contributions will add on to the information that is already part of the Wikipedia page. I will, however, make an attempt to make the format align with your recommendations, specifically structuring sections around important/past projects. I will definitely change the wording in the counties section to make it less biased. Thank you so much for your detailed feedback!

Second Feedback
Thank you for your feedback, Jeffrie! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. I will definitely look into my references to weed out the articles that come directly from the company. I will also do my best to find articles from trusted academic and news sources. Again, thank you so much for your feedback!