User:Mennette/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
 * The Assassination of Malcolm X


 * Article Evaluation
 * The topic doesn't leave much room for ambiguity, and the information concerning the historical event is accurate and verifiable. However, many parts of the article contain conjectural information; Information that could give reader's a biased outlook on certain people and organizations. The addition of these statements, whether or not intentional, sets a partial tone for the article. The structure is good and easy to read. The images used are well captioned, properly cited and adhere to Wikipedia's policies. The talk page also mentions the use of information that has been speculated and a warning is shown above the page that highlights this. Overall the article is necessary and does a good job relaying the facts. However, a topic like this comes with a lot of stories and unverifiable information. The article at times can veer too much in a certain direction whether or not it was done on purpose.


 * Sources
 * Payne, Les; Payne, Tamara (2020). The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X. New York: Liveright.
 * Leland, John (February 6, 2020). "Who Really Killed Malcolm X?". The New York Times.
 * Crockett Jr., Stephen A. (February 17, 2015). "CNN Hopes to Answer What Really Happened the Night Malcolm X Was Killed". The Root.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Meridian


 * Article Evaluation
 * Considering that the article is about a novel, the lead section's vagueness may be good for anyone who plans on reading the book. In terms of describing what the article is going to talk about, it needs more to capture every section and make sense of their importance. The article does a good job describing the main themes of the novel. Although it can be interpreted differently by everyone, the novel seems to pick up on and state the most evident messages from Alice Walker. References are plentiful and reliable; Lacking citations. Well organized and easy to read. Media is scarce but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Talk page seems to agree that the article is doing a good job relaying the message of the text without seeming biased.
 * Overall the article does a good job summarizing and talking about the themes of the book.


 * Sources
 * "Alice Walker Literary Society". www.emory.edu.
 * Hendrickson, Roberta M. (1999-10-01). "Remembering the Dream: Alice Walker, Meridian and the Civil Rights Movement". MELUS.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Freedom Summer


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section does a good job of describing what the article is going to detail. Everything in it shows up in the article. The content is relevant to the topic and up to date. The tone can be interpreted as hostile at times, making claims without properly verifying them. But they seem more observational than bias. Hefty list of references and a bibliography. Additional readings on the topic are also provided with information that has either been repeated or couldn't be naturally added to the piece. The article is easy to read; Organization didn't seem important in the making of the article as there is no timeline of events happening. There seems to be more facts about the summer and what was done than there are events about what actually took place. Few images that don't really enhance the story.
 * Overall a good piece that does a great job describing the historical advancements that were made that Summer. Would have like to have seen more stories about the leadership and people involved in making it happen, but a great article nonetheless.


 * Sources

Watson, Bruce (2010). Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy. New York: Penguin.

McAdam, Doug (1988). Freedom Summer. Oxford University Press.

"Freedom Summer". CORE. 2006.

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