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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
 * Leila Aboulela
 * Leila Aboulela
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a lot of good content, however, there is work that can be done to fix the structure and add more information and sections. The article has a C-Class rating, and requires more sources. I would rewrite the lead section to be more concise and follow the Wikipedia guidelines more closely. I could add a section which highlights her works and provides a brief plot description for each of her books, and a section for literary influences which cites the authors she is influenced by and the facets of her life and upbringing which have influenced her work. Additionally, I would add a critical reception section which would go into more detail about how her books were received by critics. I would also add a legacy section to highlight her works' impact on the Sudanese community. Her novel, Minaret started a lot of conversations about Islam in fiction so that will make the section easy to populate. I would update the article to add a description of her latest book, published in 2019. Her playwriting career was mentioned in passing. I would create a more comprehensive section titled "Works" in a table format to indicate publishing date, genre, and publisher among other things. The article has sparse information which could be very easily added to using recent interviews by Aboulela and descriptions of her novels in a more detailed manner. Overall, the article would benefit from restructuring and additional information to give readers a better idea of the author and the nature of her writing.
 * Sources
 * https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2022/03/leila-aboulela-the-anglo-arab-voice-podcast/
 * https://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-sudanese-egyptian-writer-leila-aboulela-the-challenge-of-identity-in-a-non
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/leila-aboulelas-bird-summons-takes-the-traditional-road-trip-novel-down-a-new-path/2020/02/25/9aa77322-4d99-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/40267740?seq=1
 * https://muse.jhu.edu/article/459175
 * https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/32573717/Interview_with_Leila_Aboulela-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1648082562&Signature=FxuNL6gJQDvHZJGpvjXhIvaa2fJmRE8g8Avg-csEaF0GP7Q3JHq9j-xUKodXX~KLurbCPJNtV3bC4pTp9ma~f0WK883S~437f~hboGSiBqttTRksDe8mRxWhmDRDRoRfmc3lf8xAL5eabwnfQNQESDauppQgpGSagCCletN6cpknjxUe4SBQBR7zL7V21poq8PP57mxrFNjFMW39z0xd7Pt555-~YNyQbUu5EqyEytqgYq3HmXdLg0zPn4h-k7Gt0oBrA6DsN9hED~LKzZhIIJTxyXPb1ePOsRPQmF3u7AZCD24w883QqAfN8PHRaR7hntBhvKJwPo22ufliqJog__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
 * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/09/elsewhere-home-leila-aboulela-review
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/books/review/leila-aboulela-elsewere-home.html
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/books/review/leila-aboulela-elsewere-home.html

Option 2

 * Bahr El Ghazal
 * Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan)
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is rated start-class and has very little information. The entire article only has two sources, and one improperly formatted citation. It consists only of three section which give the bare minimum amount of information regarding which countries border the region, the states in the region a brief history. The history section does not include any mention of the state of Abyei which is located in the region and has been a source of conflict and contention between the Sudanese and South Sudanese governments. I would separate the history of Bahr Al Ghazal into pre and post independence to give more information on the significance of its location during the Sudanese civil wars and it's importance as home to the Dinka people and their rich history associated with the region. I would add subsections which went into more detail about the invasions and changes of government of the region by colonial and northern Sudanese powers throughout history. I would restructure the article to elaborate on all of the events that were mentioned in passing like the Sudanese civil war and expand the states section to include more information about the demographics, statistics, and a brief description of each state. The region was very prominent in the Sudanese civil wars and will require a large section. Bahr Al Ghazal also gained attention post-independence because South Sudanese activists wanted to change the name of the state from its original Arabic to signify the country's departure from Northern rule so I would add a section about that either in the history of the region or in a separate sub-section. I would also add subsections in the general description of the state since it is mostly referred to with regard to locations within the region (e.g Northern/Southern Bahr El Ghazal). Conflict is still present in the region, as recent as this year which I would make sure to include in the article under "current events".
 * Sources
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/41716540?seq=1
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/43660276?seq=1
 * https://muse.jhu.edu/book/39539
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/451174195/C2BE65B2A9F54483PQ/10?accountid=11091
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/451418744/C2BE65B2A9F54483PQ/11?accountid=11091
 * https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/conflict-south-sudan-aweil-3673736
 * https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2021/12/sudan-history/

Option 3

 * Khatmiyya
 * Khatmiyya
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is rated stub-class. It has only one section and no sources, as well as dead hyperlinks. The entirety of the article is the lead section which is lifted verbatim from a social site for the Sufi tariqa. The Khatmiyya tariqa is very important in Sufism and this article would require a complete restructuring to make sure that it follows Wikipedia guidelines. The article does not look like many Wikipedia articles because of poor formatting. I would make the lead section more concise. I would structure the article so that it resembles articles on other similar Sufi tariqas such as the Naqshbandi tariqa which includes sections on: Evolution of the order, Spiritual lineage criteria, Spreading of the order, Prominent sheikhs, and Practices. The tariqa had a lot of influence on Sudanese politics, therefore, I would include a section which explores this influence as well as a more detailed biography of the founders of the tariqa and why it is a popular order of Sufism in North Africa.
 * Sources
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17531055.2013.770677
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13530198108705303?journalCode=cbjm19
 * https://brill.com/view/book/9789047406075/B9789047406075_s008.xml
 * https://www.proquest.com/docview/304524490?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true
 * https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=7553013
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/1678613858/A546A9D341574B78PQ/1?accountid=11091
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/319985226/A546A9D341574B78PQ/6?accountid=11091
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/1678613858/A546A9D341574B78PQ/1?accountid=11091
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/319985226/A546A9D341574B78PQ/6?accountid=11091

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Sophia Chang Sophia Chang
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is rated start-class and is very brief. There is very little information in every section. The personal life section could go more into detail about where she grew up and her upbringing in general. This section could be populated with information from her memoir. Her career could be more detailed and recount the story of how she established a working relationship with members of the east coast hip-hop movement and how she launched her personal ventures following that job experience. The article is not clear on the nature of work she did with Wu-Tang Clan and other rap groups during the time. Most of the information needs to be elaborated on and made clearer to be less ambiguous. More information could be given about her meeting RZA contributed to her career/how it changed the trajectory of her career and public image. More information could also be included about her memoir and the stories within the memoir. She is known as "the first asian woman in hip hop" but the article is not specific with the work she did within that field and her significance during that time.
 * Sources
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/2382199411/C41CE050A23845B2PQ/14?accountid=11091
 * https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AD&maxresults=20&f=advanced&val-base-0=sophia%20chang%20hip%20hop&fld-base-0=alltext&docref=news/188A5324403BD468
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/2297037457/C41CE050A23845B2PQ/10?accountid=11091
 * https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/2597762066/C41CE050A23845B2PQ/9?accountid=11091
 * https://deadline.com/2020/10/sophia-chang-pamela-adlon-rza-jim-jarmusch-unlock-her-potential-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234589015/
 * https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/sophia-chang-baddest-bitch-room-wu-tang-clan-rza
 * https://hypebeast.com/2019/11/sophia-chang-interview-wu-tang-clan-rza-gza-odb
 * https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/sophia-chang-wiki-first-asian-woman-in-hip-hop/

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources
 * Sources