User:RampagingKoala/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
 * Japanese Folktales


 * Article Evaluation
 * Content is relevant but not neutrally written; and not every claim has a citation Sources appear reliable, but several are very old (one was written in 1888).
 * The article potentially addresses an equity gap regarding representation of non-western folklore.
 * The talk page only has 3 posts, the most recent of which was in 2014, so it does not appear to be actively worked on.
 * I would be looking primarily to verify uncited information and add citations, as well as expand or remove sections of the article without substance.


 * Sources
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/1177478?casa_token=NXAvkchSL2sAAAAA%3AWPgiEatTQ42jDZgY6t7iqXxmR7W-rinmiSMdd163hQfQbJ7CHWKFITruiuMgiMk8TKH7qexbzrWvXfn_Cdu9YqNNFsnOxSk2VlU5bFyuIpNAR-Z57nUb&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/3813928?casa_token=fZsviYQf3b8AAAAA%3A7IAnPATi3k8-VqnOOn3tBuveKLbE1fHcGTidb6yfmQ8arFsy7GrdwQKZwRKuZoQs-pCURz18WGJO6ZJxDmnNYMrQYJrCVi6Iog0rV5-N8-wpsiKBaS4o&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=dZQ4zqV88V4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=uji+shui+monogatari&ots=LItvR2E607&sig=AxTnoaRBYc0e8XgvH5lYhZEOWzg#v=onepage&q=uji%20shui%20monogatari&f=false

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Japanese Honorifics


 * Article Evaluation
 * Content is relevant and seems neutrally written, but has almost no in-line citations. There are a couple reliable sources in the References section, but also some which seem questionable (one is a Kotaku article about Sega consoles?), and there aren't enough citations overall.
 * The article does not address any equity gaps which occur to me.
 * The talk page is short, but shows fairly recent activity (summer 2019), and there have been edits this year.
 * I would start my editing of this article by going line-by-line and attempting to verify and cite information. The article seems as if its written by someone who knows what they're talking about, so I don't anticipate too many corrections to be required, but finding citations for the entire article would prove a significant task.


 * Sources
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216603001735?casa_token=hg6YOgLjejsAAAAA:ZKCLuVtLwG51IIvwITzDNI566IRNxxxEbYzpXUi_jXzcNcBnXFWBmJfLCCMxu1Lg0GJMYIOENQ
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037821668690007X
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=35NsDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA6&dq=Japanese+honorifics&ots=TZgxQqNIBN&sig=pPWgXf2HJ7L1Xsf8DB6iHRwXp9A#v=onepage&q=Japanese%20honorifics&f=false
 * Additionally, the sources listed in references that are not ever cited in the article could prove useful.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Chief Justice of Japan


 * Article Evaluation
 * Content is relevant and neutrally written, but incredibly sparse; the entire article fits on half a screen. The single paragraph of text is sufficiently cited, but that only amounts to two citations. There is nothing on the talk page.
 * This article just needs to be expanded - I could add more information regarding the selection process for Chief Justices and their role, as well as more detailed information about the history of the office.
 * My one concern about this would be that there might be overlap with the article on the Japanese Supreme Court; if that were the case, I could add to that article instead of this one.


 * Sources
 * https://www.courts.go.jp
 * https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/lla12&div=37&id=&page=
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/1191832?casa_token=oae90brhVEQAAAAA%3ACAfK2zgw7Ev-CnqbKVSnZDLGdKr6xhkm5LmepiLjgKGtCoWI6fsGkcxcKaKkk0ZCpwTAIAXWZS73QCZIQm72JFixwEiDU1tFEN-iNJTeR4n4VvKxQM2n&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
 * It would also likely be worth looking into news stories regarding landmark decisions or the justice system itself, though my Japanese probably isn't strong enough to read primary sources.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Ministries of Japan


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant but not very neutral (makes claims about which branches and ministers are "most influential"). Furthermore, it cites no sources whatsoever and primarily consists of links to other pages. The talk page is empty.
 * I would edit this article by citing the content which is there and adding much more, explaining the position and role of ministries in Japan's government as well as more detail about the consolidations of the ministries listed in the article.
 * Again, I would be concerned about overlap with the article on Japanese government, but that article currently does not contain any of the information I want to add. The question would just be whether it would be better to put it here or there.


 * Sources
 * https://www.japan.go.jp/directory/
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=SzB-DAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=japanese+%22government+structure%22&ots=HBJoEmtDO0&sig=fd0NNCE2nXxRLGNwYd44_vJPuA8#v=onepage&q=japanese%20%22government%20structure%22&f=false
 * https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020852305053887?casa_token=CFJmmAhGqy0AAAAA%3Ak50xgZ983QM3dcd80Gxc7N-q90UAhXz7Xoxikrwdou4ImFgUy22_yTznVeWHh_xXE4GTMk78cmo9jg&
 * https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002085239105700107?casa_token=9vYwfNDmOHkAAAAA:tkys8k1x5c034aappp2_KTVXIWoShxYo_5i0vB5wUNePCMXZVq29hsH9Ec5EgPwIUf7ow5UUGUEwsg
 * A more thorough investigation of the numerous pages this article links to would likely yield more potentially useful sources.

Option 5

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 * Article Evaluation
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