User:Mo791/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.

Below is a list of possible articles I am currently considering and hoping to discuss it with my team. All articles were gathered from the redlist index.

=== Women in Red: Jennifer Wortman Vaughan (Machine Learning Researcher) ===


 * Jennifer was the only name who had the description of Machine Learning Researcher among the list of women scientists. Upon visiting her personal website, I come to learn about the impactful contributions she made to responsible AI and algorithmic transparency. Since it might be difficult to find books that wrote about Jennifer, I will be using much of Jennifer's published research papers to better understand the scope of her work and the type of problems she is attempting to solve.

Democracy: Democracy in Syria

 * Seeks information on the history of democracy and democratic movements in Syria. Through minimal exploration of the redlisted articles, it appears to be that Wikipedia has minimal information about the political history of Syria. If we were to proceed with this topic, we will be referencing history books as well as academic journals discussing the political history of Syria, whether there was a democratic process in its political history, and type of democratic movements that were established overtime and their objectives.

Ideologies: Orbanism
'''Since Victor Orban, Hungry's prime minister, took office since 2010 he has been promoting policies that tend to incite violence, divisiveness, and hatred in Hungry. This in part has re-surfaced the presence of right-wing groups in Hungry. Journalists described the ideology of such right-wing groups to follow an Orbanism ideology which draws comparison to Orwellism -- an ideology that promotes to the destruction of free and open society as George Orwell describes it. For this topic, I will be referring to books on the history of right-wing movements in Hungry and learn the factors that led to the rise of Orban to power. Additionally, I will be referring to news articles to get a better understanding of the domestic policies in Hungry which could be giving me ideas on what sub-topics I need to do further research on.'''

Sociology: Arab Feminism
'''Despite the plethora of literature on this topic, it is surprising that not a lot has been written on this topic in Wikipedia. Through minimal research online in NU's library and other literary sources it appears that there is a lot to write about prominent Arab feminists, societal and cultural factors that give birth to such movement, and how feminism was expressed across different regions in the Middle East.'''

Social Science: Islamophobia in Finland

 * I came across the emerging discourse on Islamophobia in Finland through an article published on this topic in communication journal New Media & Society. Despite my minimal knowledge about the Finnish politics, I was surprised to learn that Islamophobia exists in Finland given its small Muslim population. In terms of sources, I will be reading news articles to get the necessary orientation on the topic then start looking for additional academic resources that shed some light on the topic.