User:Mayaamills/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
 * Second-hand shop


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article includes very little to no information on the topic and the web retailers have not been updated — there are at least four online second-hand stores that have not been listed. The article is also not written neutrally and places a huge emphasis on charity shops in the U.K., not remarking on the business of second-hand shops in any other countries. It could also be argued that a garage sale is not a type of second-hand shop because it is privately run. This also circles back to my next critique, the description states that "a second-hand shop is a shop which sells goods that are not new" which directly contradicts the following sub section that stipulates a garage sale and car boot sale are forms of second-hand shops, in order to be considered a shop should their be an owned and operated either physical or virtual store front? I think that would be an important area to explore and consider. The very first sentence (which is the explanation of what a second-hand shop is) also does not include a citation. Furthermore, there is no mention of second-hand luxury shopping which is a major industry in the 21st century.


 * Sources
 * https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13636/
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969698919304564
 * https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02022335/
 * https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1138322&dswid=1698
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ijcs.12539

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Organic clothing


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article again does not provide and article for the opening sentence which is meant to be an explanation of what organic clothing is. The page lacks substance and explanations and does not provide examples or highlights the new trends in relation to organic clothing. It also does not stipulate any retailers who offer organic clothing or provide pros/cons to organic clothing over non-organic garments. In the "see also" section there are two links completely unrelated to organic clothing as well, "Organic Baby Products" and "Organic food culture." Furthermore, it turns out that the "Organic Baby Products" page is actually not a wiki page and is a link instead to an "organic food" page. The article could also be more informative in terms of economic and environmental considerations for major industry stakeholders when buying/producing organic vs. non-organic clothing.


 * Sources
 * https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/13612020910939879/full/html
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20932685.2014.925327
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996096#page=44
 * https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.115-a449

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Slow fashion


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is no mention in the initial description of the movements relation to anti-consumerism or the its impact on sustainability, which are both very important aspects of slow fashion. The critics sections is also very unrelated to slow fashion, the example demonstrated in the critique is not an example of slow fashion criticism but fast fashion criticism, people were criticizing Swedish brand H&M for their fast fashion practices not for their claims to be sustainable, it is widely understood that H&M does not follow sustainable practices.


 * Sources
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/175693810X12774625387594
 * https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2270
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ijcs.12127
 * https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFMM-02-2011-0045/full/html
 * https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFMM-02-2011-0045/full/html