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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: Information technology law
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes!
 * Is it written neutrally? So far yes, because it covers existing laws and both sides of the argument regarding the laws
 * Does each claim have a citation? No but there are many citations
 * Are the citations reliable? Half are opinionated articles and half are peer-reviewed sources
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? No
 * Sources
 * -"International Journal of Law and Information Technology." International Journal of Law and Information Technology.
 * Sources
 * -"International Journal of Law and Information Technology." International Journal of Law and Information Technology.

Option 2

 * Article title: Legal status of Internet pornography
 * Article Evaluation: Upon opening the page, there is a header asking someone to improve it because it has multiple issues
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?: Yes
 * Is it written neutrally?: Yes it is mostly about laws and procedures that deal with the issue around the world
 * Does each claim have a citation?: No, there are few citations
 * Are the citations reliable?: No, the existing citations need better sources or additional sources
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?: Yes, this is a subject that is usually not talked about so people tend to ignore the problem even though it is extremely relevant and effects millions of people all over the world every day
 * Sources
 * -Dwulit, Aleksandra Diana and Piotr Rzymski. 2019. "Prevalence, Patterns and Self-Perceived Effects of Pornography Consumption in Polish University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (10): 1861.
 * -Akdeniz, Yaman. 2008;2016;. Internet Child Pornography and the Law: National and International Responses. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. doi:10.4324/9781315589565.
 * -United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 2008. Pornography on the Internet: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, September 9 and October 15, 2003. Vol. 108-920. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.
 * -Akdeniz, Yaman. 2008;2016;. Internet Child Pornography and the Law: National and International Responses. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. doi:10.4324/9781315589565.
 * -United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 2008. Pornography on the Internet: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, September 9 and October 15, 2003. Vol. 108-920. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.

Option 3

 * Article title: Internet censorship
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?: Yes
 * Is it written neutrally?: Yes
 * Does each claim have a citation? No, there are few citations
 * Are the citations reliable?: The ones that exist seem to be reliable
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? No, but it is an issue that affects everyone.
 * Sources
 * -Aceto, Giuseppe and Antonio Pescapé. 2015. "Internet Censorship Detection: A Survey." Computer Networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) 83: 381-421.
 * Sources
 * -Aceto, Giuseppe and Antonio Pescapé. 2015. "Internet Censorship Detection: A Survey." Computer Networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) 83: 381-421.

Option 4

 * Article title: Diversity in open-source software
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? yes
 * Is it written neutrally? so far yes it is
 * Does each claim have a citation? no
 * Are the citations reliable? yes
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? yes, its main focus is gender but there is room for class, race, and nationality
 * Sources
 * "IST, Corporate Partners Working Toward Diversity in STEM Fields." 2015.Targeted News Service.
 * Woodard, P. and M. Wickes. 2005. "Conference Report - Ist International Waveform Diversity & Design Conference." IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine 20 (4): 37-37.
 * "IST, Corporate Partners Working Toward Diversity in STEM Fields." 2015.Targeted News Service.
 * Woodard, P. and M. Wickes. 2005. "Conference Report - Ist International Waveform Diversity & Design Conference." IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine 20 (4): 37-37.

Option 5

 * Article title: Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? somewhat
 * Is it written neutrally? yes
 * Does each claim have a citation? no
 * Are the citations reliable? about 50/50
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? No
 * Sources
 * -Venkatesh, Thong, and Xu. 2012. "Consumer Acceptance and use of Information Technology: Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and use of Technology." MIS Quarterly 36 (1): 157-178.
 * Sources
 * -Venkatesh, Thong, and Xu. 2012. "Consumer Acceptance and use of Information Technology: Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and use of Technology." MIS Quarterly 36 (1): 157-178.