User:Natilo/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:Northanger Abbey
 * Article Evaluation:The plot summary and character list seem to be detailed and neutral. However, the "Major themes" section has a warning that it needs more citations. Additionally, I'm not entirely sure if the "Reference to baseball" section is necessary. It does seem to be a nice tidbit of historical information, but it is extremely short and I feel that this information would better serve an article on baseball (but even then I wouldn't be too sure).
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Option 2

 * Article title:The Picture of Dorian Gray
 * Article Evaluation:The article is detailed, but there are some sentences that I think need citations. Under the "Preface" section, there is a sentence that states the preface is famous for being "in support of artists' rights and art for art's sake". This claim does not have a citation and it seems to read more like an argumentative claim about the preface's fame than a widely understood piece of information. I think Dorian Gray's character profile under the "Characters" section could be expanded upon; the information under this section seems unbalanced.
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Option 3

 * Article title:Parable of the Sower (novel)
 * Article Evaluation:The lead is a bit too long in my opinion. I think the article needs its actual content to be developed more. Other articles for literature often have sections on characters, themes, and publication/behind the scenes type of content.
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Option 4

 * Article title:Tower of Babylon (story)
 * Article Evaluation:The article is listed as stub-class, and it is a good start with its lead and summary, but as it stands it's not enough to stand out or be helpful as an article in any other way. Like the Parable of the Sower (novel) article it does not have that much information outside of the story's actual content.
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Option 5

 * Article title:Gothic fiction
 * Article Evaluation:The article looks well-developed, especially the "History" section. The subsections under the "History" section are mostly balanced until we get to the "New Gothic romances" section. There is a large paragraph under "Other media" which describes Gothic video games, but it has no citations at all.
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