User:Oconnellh163/Choose an Article

Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis, job losses caused by the great recession, latke, home improvement, and gentrification of Chicago
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
 * This article is a stub and has very very little information. I like this topic because I struggle with hyperhidrosis and while it took me years to find out what it was, it is now being controlled very well. The only information on the page is telling you what it is, and that is basically it. The only issue with this topic is that it is harder to find data on this specific topic instead of hyperhidrosis as a whole.
 * https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0301/p1117.html

Option 2

 * Job losses caused by the Great Recession
 * The article is decent for what they have, however, wiki has a message saying that the data included on that page is listed in bullet point form, while graphs and charts would be more suitable for that topic. I could definitely help with that, and also with the fact that there is not nearly as much content on the page as I wold have expected. The impact was very strong, however, there is not much information on that. I also noticed that overall, the context is fairly minimal in perspective of how big of a deal this was. There are also many other factors that were not covered such as unemployment rate change as well as how that differed between immigrants and those born in the US. There is also minimal information on which industries were hit the worst.
 * https://www-statista-com.cod.idm.oclc.org/statistics/193290/unemployment-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990/ - unemployment
 * https://www-statista-com.cod.idm.oclc.org/statistics/203052/the-recessions-impact-on-the-employed-population-in-the-us--by-sector/
 * https://www-statista-com.cod.idm.oclc.org/statistics/203052/the-recessions-impact-on-the-employed-population-in-the-us--by-sector/
 * https://www-statista-com.cod.idm.oclc.org/statistics/203052/the-recessions-impact-on-the-employed-population-in-the-us--by-sector/

Option 3

 * Latke
 * I chose this article to evaluate because this is a dish that my grandma and I enjoy making very often. Potatoes are my favorite food because they are so versatile and they can go with almost any dish as well as stand alone as it's own dish. Making Latkes are definitely one of my favorite ways to use potatoes especially because they hold dear memories with my grandma. I also assumed that because latkes are not the most popular potato dish, there would not be enough information on wikipedia. And I was correct. While there is sufficient information on the topic, there is definitely room for improvement.
 * https://www.pbs.org/food/features/history-of-latkes/
 * https://www.pbs.org/food/features/history-of-latkes/
 * https://www.pbs.org/food/features/history-of-latkes/

Option 4

 * Home improvement
 * This article had quite a few issues, with a message saying "This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2008) This article is in list format, but may read better as prose. (January 2017)  This article's lead section may not adequately summarize its contents. (January 2017)"
 * So, clearly this article needs some improvement. There are many statements with no citations to back up what they are saying (not that they are wrong). If someone stumbled upon this page, they would be able to understand the topic even with no prior knowledge. I noticed that there was nothing explaining why someone would undergo a home improvement project, and that could definitely also be added.
 * https://www.hiri.org/
 * https://www.hiri.org/

Option 5

 * Gentrification of Chicago
 * This article had a message saying "This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. Please help improve the article by providing more context for the reader. (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)" , Which made it clear that this article needed help, so that was a positive sign. I also feel close to this issue because my best friend grew up in a neighborhood in Chicago that was not so good at the time, and when they moved to Naperville, they kept their house in Chicago to rent out. They have recently decided that because their kids graduated high school, they will be moving back to their home in Chicago. However, their home in Chicago is now worth more money than their home in Naperville due to the gentrification of their neighborhood. Their neighborhood has changed very much even within the past 10 years, and it is very interesting. The article is has good content based on what is written, however, there is not much context. The article has only been edited 6 times within the past year, so there is room for more data.  There are also more neighborhoods than they included that there is possible data for.
 * https://www.housingstudies.org/releases/Analyzing-neighborhood-displacement-pressure-2018/