User:Rebeccamweintraub/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

 * Front for Democracy in Burundi
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic, going into the history of the party, history of elections and electoral history.
 * The article is written pretty neutrally, focusing on the facts of the history.
 * Each claim does not have its own citation, many pieces are missing justification.
 * The citations that are included seem to be reliable, but extensive work needs to be done to increase the citations and availability of reliable information on the page.
 * The article tackles one of Wikipedia's equity gaps because it is focused on a political party in Burundi.
 * The Talk page marks this article as a Start- class page and has been marked under the task forces of WikiProject Politics, Political Parties Task Force, WikiProject Burundi and WikiProject Africa.
 * Sources:


 * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-010-9096-6
 * https://www.africaportal.org/publications/burundi-overview-of-the-2010-elections-and-observations-on-the-way-forward/
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/african-studies-review/article/abs/modern-folklore-identity-and-political-change-in-burundi/AFAA810ED409E582BEEB5C266684FE5B

Option 2

 * Constitution of Burundi
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic, but extremely brief and very underdeveloped.
 * The article is written neutrally, in very concise language.
 * Each claim does have a citation
 * They are all French pieces, which makes it a little bit more difficult to tell, and are also all from the same journal: RFI Afrique.
 * It does cover an equity gap.
 * There have been no contributions made so far by other Wikipedians. The article is marked as Stub-Class and High importance.
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-law/article/abs/constitutionmaking-in-situations-of-extreme-crisis-the-case-of-rwanda-and-burundi/71155D996A562A72FE92BE7EFAD880F0
 * https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC48762
 * https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230233744_12
 * (there is a lot of available information and research on the Constitution.)
 * (there is a lot of available information and research on the Constitution.)

Option 3

 * Elections in Burundi
 * The content is relevant but very rudimentary, giving the basics of the governmental system. It does not go into depth on the history of elections, how they are run, anything about voting rights, or current situations.
 * The article is written very neutrally.
 * Each claim does NOT have a citation. There is nothing specifically cited on the page, only including two external links.
 * It does cover an equity gap.
 * There have been no revisions made on the page so far. It is marked as a Stub-Class page and low Importance.
 * https://www.africaportal.org/publications/burundi-elections-without-competition-and-no-peace-without-participation-where-might-it-go-from-here/
 * https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/000203970904400304 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep21377.pdf
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-modern-africa n-studies/article/abs/social-change-and-political-modernisation-in-burundi/0E6F1F7A9FF53B85961DAB9EC251CA26#access-block
 * https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-modern-africa n-studies/article/abs/social-change-and-political-modernisation-in-burundi/0E6F1F7A9FF53B85961DAB9EC251CA26#access-block

Option 4

 * Education in Burundi
 * The article's content is relevant, but does not have distinct categories, go into depth about the educational system, or given more besidres rudimentary facts.
 * It is written relatively neutral, with small amounts of bias creeping in in regards to educational levels.
 * Many of the claims do have citations, but they do not all have justification cited.
 * The references look to be reliable but there are only 3 sources used.
 * Yes it covers an equity gap.
 * No one else has contributed to this page yet. It is rated as Start Class and of High Importance for both the WikiProject Africa and WikiProject Education.
 * https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED453338
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057240.2010.497614
 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0305006740100107?journalCode=cced20
 * https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=188822984
 * https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=188822984

Option 5

 * Women in Burundi
 * The content is relevant to the topic and is more developed than previous pages. However, the topic warrants more subdivisions and explanations within the page. It is also interesting and maybe not entirely relevant on the page about Women in Burundi, the longest section is addressing the women's national football team. It is clearly an important aspect that should be addressed, but the length of time spend on it when other issues like political participation or reproductive rights are not included on the page seems disproportionate.
 * It is written neutrally and does well addressing the situations that it confronts.
 * Each claim does have a citation.
 * They are reliable sources.
 * It does cover an equity gap.
 * No one else has yet contributed, it Is rated Start- class, low importance.
 * Sources:
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ebb8AQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA179&dq=women+in+Burundi&ots=_Ml6XePWMO&sig=zdy5VfmVn7RVKa8gD8DuLEL9FQM#v=onepage&q=women%20in%20Burundi&f=false
 * https://www.globalmediajournal.com/open-access/the-role-of-african-women-in-peace-building-and-conflict-resolution-the-case-of-burundi.pdf
 * file:///Users/rebeccaweintraub/Downloads/Womens-Political-Participation.pdf
 * file:///Users/rebeccaweintraub/Downloads/Womens-Political-Participation.pdf