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Job losses caused by the Great Recession
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 * Name of article: Job losses caused by the Great Recession
 * Briefly describe I chose this article because economics is something that holds great interest to me. I was surprised to see that this page was no full of extensive information and that it also had messages about needing to be rewritten. When I saw that, i thought it would be a good article to add to.

Lead

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? The intro is good, however, it does not sound very precise and is not too clear cut. It is easy to read for the most part, but there are definitely a few words which would be adjusted to make the text better.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Slightly, but mostly in the table on contents.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes. They include the bankruptcy of lehman brothers. but do not talk about it at all anywhere else on the page.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Good length, could use some different details.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the information is all relevant, however, there is other relevant stuff that is not included.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, especially because the only new up to date info would be on how much we have recovered since then.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Some things are missing which may not be crucial to understanding the topic, but things that would help the reader have a greater understanding.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The united states is the main focus in this page even though the page is supposed to be for the nation as a whole. However, most people are looking up for purposes on the effect from the USA standpoint.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes so it seems
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes, they are majority data which makes it more simple to understand.
 * Are the sources current? Yes
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes, though there is not much info on USA that is not data, and that takes up majority up the page. Especially because of the form that the data is in.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Not really, however, some sentences could definitely be written better.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes mostly, but they are organized more by country which should be after the other explanations.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

There are currently no images on this page, only one chart that is used for data purposes. I will definitely add in at least one picture in a visually appealing way that adheres to wiki's copyright regulations.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There is very very little on the talk page, only really one graph which was redrawn and asked if it was sufficient but never received any response.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't talked about this topic in class, however, I know of it as being much more impactful than how it is discussed in the article.

Overall impressions

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 * What are the article's strengths? There is a lot of data and there is a good basic understanding on the topic/subject.
 * How can the article be improved? There can be more information added on other ways that the job losses had an effect and even how it effected people of different nationalities and races.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say that the article is slightly underdeveloped. While the general information is there, you cannot become that well informaed based on only the information provided at this moment.

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