User:PhoenixSpoor/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: African American LGBT Community

Article Evaluation:

'' Lead section: It is easy to tell what the reader will be looking at in the following sections and is not overly detailed to the point that it bores the reader. it introduces the topic as a sub section of the broad generalized topic. The lead section is not so long that you have to scroll very far before you get to the next section but it is not short enough that there needs to be a lot of changes made in order to get a concise picture of what is going on in the article.''

 Content:  The content under each subheading is relevant to the underrepresented community that is the African American LGBT community. Most of the information is up to date but the section about health healthcare could use some updating since the last time it was updated was in 2017. There are more health issues that this underrepresented community faces and that information needs to be input into the article to make the information more concise, well organized and up to date as of 2021.

 Tone& balance:  The article is fairly balanced and allows each section the same amount of space based on the importance of the information given ranging from history to important individuals who identify as a specific subset of the LGBT community. this article does not try to persuade the reader in favor of one position or another but rather informs the reader about the community, the important events and milestones and the prominent members of the community.

 Sources and references:  There are plenty of sources and links that can be used to find the information at its original source but there are some places where there could be more citation work where there are statistics. most of the sources were sources that either are edited consistently or have been published in the last 20 years. Due to the topic being a historically marginalized race the references used are all about African American individuals who identify as LGBT and the community they create. the sources and pdfs given open easily. there could be more sources from medical journals in the health section.

 Organization and writing quality:  The article is well written and easy to read. There are some spelling errors and grammatical errors but overall it covers the material uniformly and is written in the third party point of view in order to show a universal perspective on the topic each section reflects the major points of the topic and allows the reader to seamlessly move from one section to another in order to understand the full picture of the article.

 Images & media:  Images in the article highlight the prominent figures associated with the topic as well as a picture depicting an LGBT protest after the Stonewall Riots. They adhere to the copyright regulations and are well captioned so that the reader knows what they are connecting the picture or visual aid to.

 Talk-page discussion:  The conversations that take place on the talk page are about certain aspects that are lacking in information, external links that are updated, and potential updates that could be made in the future. the earliest discussion beginning in 2016 and the most recent one being created in September of 2020. The article itself is rated a C-Class article but it is part of 5 different WikiProjects. These projects include: LGBT Studies, Sexology and sexuality, African Disapora, United States, and Sociology. So far we have only talked about a few facets of the community: prominent figures, perspectives and pop culture references where as the Wikipedia article looks at many of these facets in depth and a great length.

 Overall impressions:  The article is a great start but there is always some minor adjustments that can be made. Some of its greatest strengths are that it is so concise yet thorough at the same time. It can be improved by adding more information to the health section, checking the citations to make sure they are still relevant and working, checking the talk page and making  minor edits to the grammatical and punctuation errors. I feel this is a well developed article and could be deemed as such as long as people continue to edit and change the writing as the years go on.

Sources:

Battle, J., Pastrana, A., & Harris, A. (2017). An examination of black Lgbt populations across the United States: intersections of race and sexuality. Palgrave Macmillan.

Peek, M. E., Lopez, F. Y., Williams, H. S., Xu, L. J., McNulty, M. C., Acree, M. E., & Schneider, J. A. (2016). Development of a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Shared Decision making Among African-American LGBT Patients and their Clinicians. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 31(6), 677–687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3616-3

Snorton, C. R. (2017). Black on both sides: a racial history of trans identity. University of Minnesota Press.

Sutton, M. Y., & Parks, C. P. (2011). HIV/AIDS Prevention, Faith, and Spirituality among Black/African American and Latino Communities in the United States: Strengthening Scientific Faith-Based Efforts to Shift the Course of the Epidemic and Reduce HIV-Related Health Disparities. Journal of Religion and Health, 52(2), 514–530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-011-9499-z

Option 2

Article title: Queer Crips( Book)

Article Evaluation:

 Lead section : The lead section in this article is concise and clear about what will be discussed which is a collection of personal stories by gay disabled men in a variety of ways. It does not give a brief description of other major sections but talks about those who created the book and its publisher.

 Content:  Available content is relevant because it gives information on how it came to fruition and how it was received by the public. It is not up to date and could use a lot of work to make it a good article. There is very little content besides the reception of the book, the lead section and a picture of the book title. It deals with the personal stories of a marginalized group of people who are persecuted for their sexual orientation rather than just gender.

T one& balance:  There is a neutral point of view in this article but that is due to the lack of information used to write the article. There is no indication that there is an attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or the other.

 Sources and references : Limited sources and references and they are from 2012. There are always more sources to use to get more information and if there isn’t then this article should not remain up on Wikipedia.

I mages & media:  Limited images to just the cover of the book and it follows the Wikipedia copyright restrictions.

 Talk-page discussion:  There are no discussions on the talk page because this article is rated a start article in three different WikiProjects. These Projects include Books, LGBT Studies, and Diability

 Overall impressions:  a good start to introducing a potential book or piece of literature that will help with research for other topics but with little work done on it does not seem as relevant to Wikipedia as others might have thought in the past.

Sources:

Kafer, A. (2013). Feminist, queer, crip. Indiana University Press.

Santesmases-Fernandez, andrea, Verges Bosch, N., & Almeda Samaranch, E. (2016). from Alliance to trust: constructing Crip-Queer intimacies. Journal of Gender Studies, 26(3), 269–281. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2016.1273100

McRuer, R. (2006). Crip theory: cultural signs of queerness and disability. New York University Press.

Option 3

Article title: Jazzie Collins

Article Evaluation:

 Lead section:  The lead section introduces who Jazzie Collins was. It previews her personal life, the activism she participated in, and her legacy. The first sentence hooks the reader right away and leads them to want to read more.It is concise and to the point.

 Content:  Due to Jazzie Collins being dead there is no new information on her but the information could use some updating because there are some errors in the information just by glancing at it. The sections on her personal life and activism work could be written more indepth because they are a big part of her story and how she impacted the LGBT community and the disenfranchised of the disabled community.

 Tone& balance:   A neutral tone and the balance seems to be well matched but there

 Sources and references:  the sources listed are all public knowledge and are evenly distributed throughout the article. They are current as of the past 2 decades. The sources used are representative of both Racial LGBT members but also disability community members as well.

 Organization and writing quality:  A well written article that is concise and easy to read. There are some grammatical errors and errors in the information given but it is broken down into sections that are easily understandable and well informed.

 Talk-page discussion:  There is no discussion at this time about Jazzie Collins But that is because the article is rated a start article in three different WikiProjects: Biography, LGBT studies/person, and United States.

 Overall impressions:  There is much work to be done to add to the article on her activism, contributions, recognitions. This article is concise but there are errors in the information given that need to be updated in order to get a more clear picture of her life and her legacy.

Sources:

Garza, T. (2013, July 12). Remembering Jazzie. Transgender Law Center. https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/8613.

Option 4

Article title: LGBT Adoption in the United States

Article Evaluation:

 Overall impressions:  While it is great that it focuses on adoption practices in the United States for those of same sex relationships it does not really specify transgender perspectives. The content is well balanced in each section. There are a few minor spelling and grammatical errors that could be fixed with minor edits. There needs to be more research done on the laws and practices of the transgender community adopting in the United States and how that impacts perceptions of members in society of their unique family. The tone is definitely neutral but does lean heavily towards the perspectives of adoption for same sex, lesbian and gay couples. This article has discussions about changing the title, switching sections around, the need for more research and minor edits. It is rated as a start article in three different Wikiprojects: Adoption,fostering,orphan care and displacement, LGBT studies, and the United States.

Sources

Infanti, A. C. (2014). LGBT Families Tax nothings. The Journal of Gender Race & Justice, 17(1), 35–72.

Kuvalanka, K. A., Allen, S. H., Munroe, C., Goldberg, A. E., & Weiner, J. L. (2018). The Experience of Sexual Minority Mothers with Trans Children. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 67(1), 70–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12226

Price Minter, S. (2009). InterState Recognition of LGBT Families. Human Rights, 36(3), 10. https://doi.org/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25762007