User:Mohrra3748/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

 * Rabies
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article gives a great overview of Rabies. The article contains many sections detailing signs and symptoms, cause, transmission, prevention, history, and epidemiology. The epidemiology section is divided into several regions and nations to detail the differences in the diseases epidemiology across the world. The epidemiology section describes rates of rabies in different populations of different species. This article is rated as class-B which shows that the article is well crafted but has room for improvement. Some potential changes included in the talk page include updating some of the language used and including some recent rabies records and events.
 * Sources
 * Rabies
 * Sources
 * Rabies

Option 2

 * Article title: SARS
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is laid out well to give information on the topic and includes important sections for the disease. The epidemiology section includes case fatality rates of the disease and a list of probable cases by country between 2002-2003. This section also details outbreaks and includes many links and cross references. This article has been rated class C and some proposed changes are detailed in the talk page. Changes include misquoting of statistics, including additional outbreaks not mentioned, modifying external links, and negating and clarifying nonrelevant and lacking sections.
 * This article is laid out well to give information on the topic and includes important sections for the disease. The epidemiology section includes case fatality rates of the disease and a list of probable cases by country between 2002-2003. This section also details outbreaks and includes many links and cross references. This article has been rated class C and some proposed changes are detailed in the talk page. Changes include misquoting of statistics, including additional outbreaks not mentioned, modifying external links, and negating and clarifying nonrelevant and lacking sections.


 * Sources
 * SARS

Option 3

 * Article title: Trachoma
 * Article Evaluation
 * Overall this article gives a detailed overview of Trachoma and includes important information and sections about the disease. The Epidemiology section of this article is brief and includes reported numbers and cases of the disease. The section gives a brief break down of the regions most affected but this area could be expanded. The WHO is sited throughout this section. The article is given a class B rating. Some areas mentioned in the talk page include correcting photo captions and ambiguous wording as well as fixing sources that are not included properly and expanding on history of the disease.
 * Overall this article gives a detailed overview of Trachoma and includes important information and sections about the disease. The Epidemiology section of this article is brief and includes reported numbers and cases of the disease. The section gives a brief break down of the regions most affected but this area could be expanded. The WHO is sited throughout this section. The article is given a class B rating. Some areas mentioned in the talk page include correcting photo captions and ambiguous wording as well as fixing sources that are not included properly and expanding on history of the disease.


 * Sources
 * Trachoma

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Onchocerciasis


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a lengthy head section that explains basics of the disease and its parasite. The article contains sections that cover the signs and symptoms, cause, prevention, history, and research. This article contains a brief epidemiology study with statistics from 2017 and details its prevalence in the world. The epidemiology section also includes some information on the fatalities and DALYs of the disease. The article is rated as class-C. The talk page mentions correcting citation validation for the article in several sections. Some language could be clarified and jargon could be removed to improve the literacy of the article.


 * Sources
 * Onchocerciasis

Option 5

 * Article title
 * African trypanosomiasis


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has an extensive head section and includes subsections that cover the signs and symptoms, epidemiology, treatment, diagnosis, and history of the disease. The epidemiology section includes a lengthy table that details cases of African trypanosomiasis in different African nations. The table is longy and unorganized. The epidemiology section includes DALYs of the disease and estimation of risk. This article is rated as class B. The talk page has an extensive review by Wiki Education Foundation. The review includes updating references and including external links to data. Also listed in the talk page is excluding information about the disease in animals that is not relevant to humans along with fixing epidemiology tables and stats that are misleading.


 * Sources
 * African trypanosomiasis