User:MichaelRoaUMD/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
 * Twilight Struggle


 * Article Evaluation
 * According the article reviewer, the article does not seem to be all too far off from a "Good article" award, as such I would like to resolve those things and earn that award for a game I care passionately about.


 * Sources
 * Right now I have few sources on board games but some UMD library searches have given me the following https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/773043625
 * https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1192491612 https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/8605762372  https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/947837974

Option 2

 * Article title
 * NATO Double-Track Decision


 * Article Evaluation
 * I've written an full paper on the Euromissle Crisis, and the article needs expansion in several areas. At large it needs a good bit of work shopping to bring it up to par with the content matter.


 * Sources
 * Copy pasting from my previous work which has a large breadth of scholarship on the topic, I have all these sources immediately available to me: Bozo, Frédéric. "Mitterrand's France, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification: A Reappraisal." October 8, 2007.  In The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, 3rd Edition, by Lawrence Freedman. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.  Herf, Jeffery. War by Other Means: Soviet Power, West German Resistance, and the Battle of the Euromissiles. Free Press, 1991.  Lellouche, Pierre. "France and the Euromissiles." Foreign Affairs, 1983/1984.  Luns, J. "Special Meeting of Foreign and Defence Ministers (The "Double-Track" Decision on Theatre Nuclear Forces)." December 12, 1979.  Margaret Thatcher, A.A.A.M. van Agt. "Memorandum of Conversation between Dutch Prime Minister van Agt and British Prime Minister Thatcher." See Wilson Center Archives. 12 06, 1979. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/113552 .  Nuti, Leopoldo. "Italy's Nuclear Choices." UNISCI Discussion papers, 2011: 167-181.  Readman, Kristina Spohr. "Germany and the Politics of the Neutron Bomb, 1975–1979." Diplomacy & Statecraft, 2010: 259-285.  Ruehl, Lothar. "Le défi du SS-20 et la stratégie soviétique à l'égard de l'Europe." In Politique étrangère, 427-444. 1979.  Schmidt, Helmut. "The 1977 Alastair Buchan memorial lecture." London, October 28, 1977.  Sherrett, Major Russell R. The Dual Track Decision and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty, The Role of the Cruise and Pershing II Missiles. Master Thesis, United States Military Academy, 1979.  State, United States Department of. "Statement for the November 20 NAC on TNF Issues." United States Department of State, 1978.  "Creating the ‘Seamless Robe of Deterrence': Great Britain's Role in NATO's INF Debate." In Facing Down the Soviet Union, by Kristan Stoddart, 203-225. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.  Wettig, Gerhard. "Die Sowjetunion in der Auseinandersetzung über den NATO-Doppelbeschluss 1979–1983." n.d.  Given that I have had (and am currently) Professor Herf as a professor, it may be considered a conflict of interest should I cite his work in an edit

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Banyamulenge


 * Article Evaluation
 * As with the prior article, I have had experience writing on this topic. The citation section for this area in particular seems to be rather sparse, and I would mainly focus on that as my area of editing.


 * Sources
 * The article already presents some further readings that I am sure need to be cross reference. Past this theres some new sources I could pull from regarding Banyamulenge experiences, and their role in the Congo Wars. Reyntjens, Filip. The Great African War : Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006  https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/878406064  https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/8516744284  https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/5497077920

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Shut Up and Sit Down


 * Article Evaluation
 * It would be a new article entry regarding the popular board game review website Shut Up and Sit Down


 * Sources
 * This topic would present the most difficult topic to gain any professional sources on. Currently I have none.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * The Long Dark


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article could be expanded on, and especially better cited for the games features and topics. An entire section needs to be written about the Plot of the story mode section of the game. This would tragically require me to play the game to completion.


 * Sources
 * Overall some clean up of sources from outside analysis's of the games' forums, while the plot section would have to remain uncited. I looked at some other media articles and it seems that Plot sections are otherwise uncited, but additional notes may be added to convey detail.