User:Ode011/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: Plant Patent Act of 1930
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article's content is relevant to the article's topic. The article is categorized as a stub and contains very little amount of information. The limited information provided is neutral and there is no officially published citations on the page. In addition, there is no conversations included on the talk page. This article can be improved through including relevant and neutral information on the subject. The sources below contain useful information that can be included in the article. Sources 1 and 2 will be used to provide background and overall explanation of the plant patent laws. Source 2 through 5 will all be used to explain the significance and effect that the plant patent act of 1930 had on relevant communities.
 * Sources
 * “General Information About 35 U.S.C. 161 Plant Patents.” United States Patent and Trademark Office - An Agency of the Department of Commerce, Technology Center 1600, 22 Sept.          2017, https://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/patent-basics/types-patent-applications/general-information-about-35-usc-161.
 * Fowler, Cary. "The Plant Patent Act of 1930: A Sociological History of Its Creation." Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, vol. 82, no. 9, September 2000, p. 621-644. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jpatos82&i=635.
 * Implications of the Plant Patent Act for the Patentability of Microorganisms, 39 Md. L. Rev. 376 (1979) Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mlr/vol39/iss2
 * Hart, George H. “THE PLANT PATENT STORY: Growers Are Licensed Qualifications The Gardener Benefits.” ProQuest, New York Times, 14 Apr. 1963, search.proquest.com/docview/116531760.
 * Sherman, B. (2008). TAXONOMIC PROPERTY. The Cambridge Law Journal, 67(3), 560-584. doi:10.1017/S0008197308000676

Option 2

 * Article title: Czarnik v. Illumina Inc.
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article contains content that is relevant to the topic, however it fails to tell the complete and relevant story of the topic. The article contains bias in the piece and is not neutral to both sides. The article is written in favor to one side and fails to provide sufficient detail on the case. It does not provide neutral and reliable information. The editor of the article is someone who was personally involved in the case. Two of the sources contain information that was written by the editor, and thus are not reliable and acceptable sources. On the talk page, the editors state that the editor should not be involved in the publication of the document and that the information provided should be reorganized. The Wikipedia article should be reorganized to reflect the same format that is provided in other court cases.
 * Sources:
 * “Anthony W. Czarnik v. Illumina Inc.” United States District Court | District of Delaware, 13 July 2006, https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/05-400.pdf. “Docket for Czarnik v. Illumina Inc., 1:05-Cv-00400.” CourtListener, Free Law Project, 8 Feb. 2008, www.courtlistener.com/docket/4216388/czarnik-v-illumina-inc/.
 * Pedersen v. Geschwind, 141, October 27, 2015, p. 405, retrieved 2020-11-04