User:Pbroskoff/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:North-Central American English - Wikipedia
 * Article EvaluationI grew up in Minnesota so I have first-hand experience with this dialect. I think it would be fun to improve this page and be able to help out the page. This is relevant to class because it involves dialect and it talks about linguistics as a whole. I do think the article is written neutrally because the topic can't really be leaning one way or another, but I would have to read it more carefully. I think it is cited properly but again I would really have to dig into the article to discover what claims need to be cited. I didn't see any talk of underrepresented groups in the article.
 * Sources:How Do Minnesotans Say Bagel? - CLJ (communityliteracy.org):MINNESOTAN: A LANGUAGE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FACULTY AND DEAN (utoledo.edu):

Option 2

 * Article title:LOL - Wikipedia
 * Article EvaluationIt is an example of a text abbreviation. This is something that I use in my everyday life. I have always found text message abbreviations to be interesting. This is the highest-rated article that I picked at a B level, while the other 2 are at the C level. This article has both the linguistics component and the digital component in it which makes it relevant to this course. I think it the article is written neutrally from my initial skim, but I would need to really dig in to see if it wasn't. I think it is cited properly but again I would really have to look into the article to discover what claims need to be cited. I didn't see any talk of underrepresented groups in the article.
 * Sources:93 Common Texting Abbreviations | Merriam-Webster:An Inside Guide to Everyday Text Talk: The Evolution of 'LOL' | Department of Linguistics | University of Colorado Boulder:

Option 3

 * Article title:Speech recognition - Wikipedia
 * Article EvaluationThis article talks about speech-to-text for technological devices. I just found this article interesting and it was rated a higher importance than the others. This relates to class content because it combines the digital aspect and linguistic, specifically phonetics, aspect as well. I think the article is probably the most neutral out of all of them, but I would need to do a deep dive into the article. I think it would be interesting to explore the inequality gaps here.
 * Sources:Speech tech reduces inequality in a Global World | Speechmatics:Racial disparities in automated speech recognition | PNAS

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