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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
 * Malignant narcissism


 * Article Evaluation
 * The first segment of the introductory paragraph reads as much too personal in that it seems to quantify the disorder using much too specific examples "the malignant narcissist undermines families and organizations in which they are involved, and dehumanizes the people with whom they associate." This would benefit from a reconstruction which exemplifies some more distance from the subject. Using language like undermine and dehumanize so broadly reads as a value statement and seems to paint a moral picture. I believe this should be rectified, with similar statements appearing later in the article in a section focused specifically on how malignant narcissism may manifest (of course giving clear contextualization and definition for the words used). The source cited for this segment also seems to be centered about the ways in which malignant narcissism is harmful, again a value statement. This source should not be omitted but, again, be used in a segment dedicated to the behaviors of malignant narcissism.


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Option 2

 * Article title
 * ADHD rating scale


 * Article Evaluation
 * VERY limited sources which in turn creates very limited information. I believe that this is due to the very mediocre history segment as the article seems to focus almost solely on the original creator of the ADHD Rating Scale's contributions. I would like to go into further detail into how it was developed and how it has changed over time up to the modern day by fleshing out the history section.


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Option 3

 * Article title
 * Causes of mental disorders


 * Article Evaluation
 * Again, very limited sources cited in this article. Especially one of this scale. As I'm not very well researched on the subject I'd like to focus on adding sources to the bibliography and adding more in-text citations, if something in the text does not align with the literature or is outdated I will make some edits to the text itself.


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Option 4

 * Article title
 * Early theories in child psychology


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has no merit as is, it simply lists some major players in the development of theories of child psychology with some detail (all of these figures already having full-fledged articles). I do not have the knowledge or qualifications to fill out the entire article myself but I could help begin the organization into broader aspects of it; create different segments denoting time periods starting at our earliest known conception of child psychology by which other collaborators may contribute.
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Option 5

 * Article title
 * Motion perception


 * Article Evaluation
 * Much of this text is too technical, I would be able to parse through some of these segments and make them more suitable to the layperson.


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