User:SamMeurer/Choose an Article

Instructor Response
Any one of these three would be great! I love the idea especially of creating an Arkansas Review page, for self-interested and school pride reasons; it's a little surprising to me that there isn't a page for it yet. My only caution in that regard would be to remind you that you can't, unfortunately, cite interviews you've conducted with professors here; any information you include has to have an external print or web source. But there is an Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry about it that would be a great first source (https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arkansas-review-a-journal-of-delta-studies-3043/), and there's a Duotrope page about it that would be a great second (https://duotrope.com/listing/606/arkansas-review). I'm sure you could find other things, too.

The sources you've named for "Arkansas literature" look great, and I think you're absolutely right that the page is short/sparse. If nothing else, someone's GOT to correct that lead section with that sad and editorializing comment about Arkansas "lagging behind" in its promotion of literary culture... [citation needed] there indeed!

The Riverside page is also, as you note, quite short--and there are a few good national resources for high school data. US News and World Report has some brags that are absolutely worth including: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arkansas/districts/riverside-school-district/riverside-high-school-1171 (How does the Wikipedia article not note that Riverside has a 100% graduation rate? Or a fabulous 11:1 student:teacher ratio?)

Elizabeth.f.chamberlain (talk) 18:02, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Article Selection
These are the articles I have chosen to consider for my final article. I wanted to connect with what I was writing, so I thought writing about topics within my home state would make for interesting research. I think all of these articles would be fun to write, so I don't mind which one I end up doing.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Riverside High School (Lake City, Arkansas)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Content is relevant to the topic, but the content is severely lacking. I believe that I could contribute much more to this article about my alma mater, as our school, and our district, has grown so much since 2013 (when this article seems to have been written).
 * Is it written neutrally? Writing is very neutral, but there is very little to go off of. I think it would be fairly simple to keep a neutral tone while writing about this topic.
 * Does each claim have a citation? Not all claims have citations. There are only 3 citations and 2 of them are in the info box, not in the content itself.
 * Are the citations reliable? The citations are from reliable sources, but they are severely outdated. It would be fairly easy to use these sources to obtain updated information.


 * Sources
 * riversiderebels.net
 * Regional/State News Articles
 * Sources on Page (Updated versions)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is currently no article for the trip-annual journal housed at our own university. I think this is a great opportunity to start a Wikipedia page about this journal detailing its history, significance, and current status as a publication.


 * Sources
 * https://arkreview.org
 * Sources from Professors at Arkansas State University involved with the publication

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Arkansas literature


 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The article's content is relevant to the topic, but I believe that the content can be rewritten and enhanced immensely. It would be interesting to expand upon this topic and showcase literature by Arkansans as well as literature about Arkansas itself.
 * Is it written neutrally? The first sentence of this article is clearly not neutral, although it isn't detrimental to the article's content. I believe this article could have better flow and word choice as well, giving it a stronger neutral position.
 * Does each claim have a citation? There is a bibliography, but no in-line citations. This could easily be fixed when the content is reorganized and rewritten.
 * Are the citations reliable? There are no citations; therefore, I can't consider them reliable.


 * Sources
 * https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/literature-and-authors-2/
 * https://www.thisismysouth.com/the-best-books-about-arkansas/ (some books about Arkansas)
 * Sources on different literary movements in/about Arkansas