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I chose to read about Balance of trade. This is for a class assignment.

After reading the talk section, it seems like those who took the time to look through this were very critical. I agreed with one person in the fact that there isn't enough information listed in the article. Someone also realized the bias this article faces and articulated it much better than I did. The one who left the comment mentioned how this article really only focuses on American ideas of balance of trade, and it comes off as these ideals are universal.

I have decided to do my assignment on the Cincinnati Subway article instead.

Plan of Action

The article I decided to work with is the one on the Cincinnati Subway. Overall, this article shares a lot of information about the subway itself and some of the events leading up to it. Although some of the sources do seem suspicious, for the most important details, the sources seem mostly reliable. I want to personally go in more depth on why the subway was initially suggested, and some of the other reasons it shut down. I feel like the article currently lacks information on that part. The page seems to be updated much more frequently than I expected. It has around 20 updates - all of which seem constructive. The talk page also has a decent amount of comments. A lot of them are showing updates that they made, a few are questioning sources, and others that don't seem to help the article at all.

Resources

cincinnati-transit.net

cincinnati-oh.gov

"Train to Nowhere"

10/24/2018 Blog Post

The article I chose is the Cincinnati Subway. This article lacks many things that could be contributed to help a reader understand this topic more. I want to add information to the background of the subway system and answer questions like why it was being created, how it became an idea, the public reaction to it, and role the subway system plays today in Cincinnati. The article also has some questionable sources and statements that I would like to look into further.

10/29/2018 Draft

The introduction section of the article needs to be revised and slightly expanded because it oversimplifies the article. It also has some facts which don’t seem to be backed up with a reliable source. I would like to balance the introduction a little more with information about the subway to equal the information focusing on why it was abandoned.

The section titled “History” seems to be a repeat of the introduction, and I think that it should be combined with the section titled “Context.”  However, that section also needs some work done. This article fails to give that much detail regarding the proposal of the subway system. It mentions the article written by The Graphic but it makes it sound like the news paper had the final say in the project. The article says “The Graphic proposed that the "dead old ditch" be used to provide an unobstructed route for a subway system, with a large boulevard above.” It doesn’t share the public reaction, the “political bickering” that is mentioned several times, or any opposing views to the creation of the system.

This article also seems to be in a very strange order. Not only do I feel like it is constantly repeating itself, but also at the very end is where you find details about the construction of the tunnel and the locations of the route and its stations. The information in those two sections seem credible, but I want to relocate to add a better flow to the article and to eliminate the feeling that its all over the place and that I am receiving random facts in a random order.