User:Paula Sillers/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
 * Bosc Pear
 * Article belongs to WikiProject Plants and WikiProject Food and Drink
 * Article has been rated Start-Class and Mid-Importance


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article lacks substantial information. Headings history, nutrition and uses only have enough information for a single sentence. The headings season and ripeness should be combined as they relate to one another.
 * Information in the lead section is not referenced/cited, and I am curious as to where the information came from. The initial sentence should describe the appearance of the pear in addition to where it is from. The article is organized but the headings could be restructured.
 * The nutritional value chart is an excellent addition but should be located near the top of the article. The nutritional value chart is currently located beside the reference list where it is easily missed or not seen.
 * The article was last updated in March of 2021 and the most recent discussions on the Talk page are from 2011.


 * Sources
 * A study by David Sugar and Sally R. Basile that considers the effects of temperature conditioning on the ripeness of 'Comice' and 'Bosc' pears.
 * Study discusses Ethylene and its role encouraging fruit to ripen. Pear-fruit maturity: when a fruit has reached its desired ripeness.
 * A summary of traditional/common methods for boosting the ripening of European pears in the U.S. Examples: growing region, pre & post harvest temperatures, warm/cold storage and ethylene treatments.
 * History of the Bosc pear and its origin.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Overconsumption
 * Article belongs to the following WikiProjects: Environment, Sociology, Systems, Ecology and Climate Change
 * Article has been rated as C-Class and High-Importance for WikiProject Environment


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is disorganized, not neutral in some areas and contains multiple grammatical errors. The article is difficult to read. Many sentences aren't clear and don't transition well into other sentences. There are quite a few direct quotes in the article, but they are not explained. This makes me question their relevance.
 * This article needs a more thorough history on how (over)consumption evolved. How did American culture transition from hand-making necessities to excessively buying products/services for sport/leisure? Under the causes heading, there should be a section about the mass production of products (this could also be added to the section on consumerism). Another cause that isn't mentioned is increased mass media and the accessibility to online consumerism. Anyone can shop online and excessively buy goods in a matter of seconds and this significantly encourages the overconsumption of goods. (potential paragraph under consumerism heading).
 * The Footprint and Counteractions sections are well-written and referenced. I like how counteractions is at the end of the article because it concludes the article answering the question "what can we do about this?".
 * I thought the article wasn't 100% balanced/neutral. The article gives an overall impression of overconsumption as negative, highlighting all of its negative attributes particularly under the effects heading. Under the effects on health section, the mental health benefits (consumption as therapy) of overconsumption could (potentially) be added if there is any scholarly evidence to support the benefits.


 * Sources
 * The New Industrial Revolution [Book] Consumers, Globalization and the end of Mass Production
 * Challenges and Limits to Consumerism
 * Studying consumption trends over a period of 10 years (from 1994-2004)
 * Considering how online environments (media platforms, ads and entertainment) encourage consumerism and overconsumption
 * How can we counter/reduce overconsumption? Paul M Brown and Linda D Cameron
 * -thorough definition of overconsumption and why individuals are tempted with consuming behaviours
 * -threat to sustainability and the environment
 * -4 methods for reducing overconsumption

Option 3

 * Article title
 * World Tourism Day
 * Article belongs to the WikiProject Travel and Tourism
 * Article is rated Start-Class and Mid-Importance


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is very short and has limited information. There are no citations so it's unclear which information came from where.
 * Article in need of many small sentence structure and punctuation changes. For example the phrase "was the one who proposed" is too wordy and can be replaced with "proposed".
 * The initial/lead sentence should describe what World Tourism Day is. Instead, the article introduces UNWTO before World Tourism Day. This is a poor way of introducing the article topic and disorganized.
 * Article only has an introduction/lead section. There are no headings or subheading that divide and organize the article. Additionally, article could have more images, with better captions.


 * Sources


 * World Tourism Day - Africa Research Bulletin
 * Structural and grammatical edits can be made to this article, however there aren't enough available scholarly sources to contribute accurate information to this article. Therefore, this is not a good article to use for adding information.

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