User:Melanie.riveracolón/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
 * Dance


 * Article Evaluation
 * Overall, the “Dance” article is good; it has a basis and good information. However, the article is a little disorganized. First of all, the lead paragraph at the beginning of the article is short. It does not talk about all the topics presented in the article and I think it would be better to briefly talk about those topics so readers could have an idea of the content presented in the article. In addition, the definition of dance is described as a “human movement”, and even though that is true, I think it would be better to specified it as a “corporal movement” instead. Next, the article starts talking about “performance and participation”, but I think it should have started with the history of dance, and then, start talking about the other topics. Another thing is the section about “Cultural Traditions”, which is not complete. This section is divided between continents; however, North America and United States are separated, but that seems erroneous since United States is not a continent, but a country. The Latin America section is lacking of information and images as well. Lastly, the “Dance education” section needs to, at least have a list of academic institutions that centers in dancing. I reviewed some of the references used, and they work, but I think it needs more recent and updated sources.


 * Sources
 * Rallis, I., Doulamis, N., Doulamis, A., Voulodimos, A., & Vescoukis, V. (2018). Spatio-temporal summarization of dance choreographies. Computers & Graphics, 73, 88-101. Dances, S., Voladores, T., & Dance, O. Latin American Dances. Samba, Rumba, Jive, Passa-Doble, Cha Cha, Standart Dances.
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Option 2

 * Article title
 * White chocolate


 * Article Evaluation
 * The “white chocolate” article has a basis, but needs a lot of improvements. First of all, the lead paragraph is short and I think it will be better to add more information, not only describing the chocolate, but talking more about its composition. Then, the content of the article, which lacks of information, could have a lot of potential and interesting topics to talk. The article should start with the history of white chocolate; then, it should talk about its composition and other topics presented on the article. I think the article should have a section talking about the effects of white chocolate, if it is bad or good for people. In addition, it would be good to talk about the significance of white chocolate for events. It is a fact that the article needs more sources of information and more images.


 * Sources
 * Peixoto, R. R. A., Villa, J. E. L., Silva, F. F., & Cadore, S. (2016). Nutrition evaluation of the mineral composition of chocolate bars: Total contents vs. bioaccessible fractions. J. Food Process. Technol, 7(4), 1-5. Hartel, R. W., Joachim, H., & Hofberger, R. (2018). Chocolate. In Confectionery Science and Technology (pp. 423-484). Springer, Cham.  Marsh, C. E., Green, D. J., Naylor, L. H., & Guelfi, K. J. (2017). Consumption of dark chocolate attenuates subsequent food intake compared with milk and white chocolate in postmenopausal women. Appetite, 116, 544-551.
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Option 3

 * Article title
 * Cherry blossom


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article of "cherry blossom" is not bad but, rather than looking like an article about the tree, it focuses more on the importance of the tree in Japan. Since this is an article that talks about cherry trees, it is necessary to talk first about the origins of the tree and from which family of flowers they come from. As this is one of my favorite trees, I found that the meaning of the flower differs from the place. The meaning of the flower in Japan has a different meaning from what it has in South Korea, for example. However, the article only talks about the meaning it has in Japan. Therefore, it would be ideal to search information about the meaning of this tree in each of the countries mentioned in the article (if it has). One of the things I am interested about is to know if the flower has an effect, like for example, to calm people. Another thing that needs to be in the article is about the time of the year that blooms, how much it last and its uses.


 * Sources
 * Nagai, S., Morimoto, H., & Saitoh, T. M. (2020). A simpler way to predict flowering and full bloom dates of cherry blossoms by self-organizing maps. Ecological Informatics, 56, 101040. Nagai, S., Saitoh, T. M., & Morimoto, H. (2020). Does global warming decrease the correlation between cherry blossom flowering date and latitude in Japan?. International Journal of Biometeorology, 1-6.
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