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Article read in Class
My article is about Erdal Karamercan. He served as vice chairmen on board of directors of Eczacıbasi Holding, which is one of the biggest companies in Turkey. The page went into details about his life, education, and memberships he's apart of. The grammar on the page was fine. The only problem I had with the page was their was a lack of citations. The page did have some references but some of the references didn't work.

Public Corporation Article

 * 1) The Type of Page we came to was a disambiguation page.
 * 2) The article I clicked on was Public company. This page was not a stub there was a lot of information with references.

3.    The article needs more citations. Even though the article does contain some citations, additional citation is necessary.

September 17th
Question: How does editing wikipedia relate to a global issue?

Editing wikipedia relates to a global issue because anyone around the world can access wikipedia. Some countries don't give their citizens freedom when it comes to websites because of certain material that can be found on the internet. Wikipedia is important because it allows anyone around the world to read up on global issues.

Latin America's Latest Menace
This article is talking about how Brazil use to be this nice place but now in 2018 it's changing. Jair Bolsonaro a far right politician who many are comparing to Donald Trump is close to becoming a leader in Brazil. Brazil's the 20th most violent country in the world, and the economy is at an all time low.

A Long Haul
This article was about Japan 's prime minister Shinzo Abe. This week he was voted as prime minister for a third consecutive term. He is the longest prime minister in Japan''s history. His landslide win in the Prime Minster vote shows how a good amount of Japan's citizens are behind him. Shinzo Abe is helping Japan's self defense and is very big when it comes to Japan' s foreign affairs.

The Noise From Brazil
This Article is talking about how this next election for Brazil could make or break Brazil. Brazil is one of South Americas biggest economies. Lula who was the favorite in Brazil's presidential race was arrested and is no longer in the running to become Brazil's president. This is arguably one of the most important elections in Brazil's history.

Adopted Page
The Page I decided to adopt is the InterPortPolice. InterPortPolice police is the international organization of law enforcement agencies. They help stop crimes such as terrorism, drug smuggling. It was established in 1969 and was originally just the International Organization of Port Authority Police. In 1974 airpot security and police were included so they changed their name to International Association of Air Port and Seaport Police. Then in 2010 they added Transport and Boarder security, and they adopted the acronym InterPortPolice. There is not much else on this page so I plan on gong indepth about the InterPortPolice and talk about maybe who the people in-charge are, how they held stop terrorism and drug trafficking, and how the changes in 2010 help.

#MeToo, One Year On
This paragraph talks about how back in the day women's testimonies in court use to not be taken seriously. They Used the Anita Hill case as an example. Now women are taken more seriously and a good amount of credit should be given to the MeToo Movement.

Tick Tock
This article is talking about how LIBOR is one of the most important things in in the world. LIBOR might be coming to an end soon, which could cause banks assets and liabilities to be disconnected.

Sun, Sea, Sand, and Suprise
This article talks about the election in Maldives. The man who looked like the clear candidate to win was Abdulla Yameen. Yameen was doing things like shortening prison sentences to guarantee him votes. When the election results came out citizens and Yameen were stunned to see that Yameen lost the election to Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

Cash For Trash
This article talks about how the world keeps producing more and more trash every year. It talks about the richer the country gets there will be more and more trash. The countries with weaker economies will suffer even more because their means of trash disposal isn't as good as countries with booming economies.

The Next Recession
This article talks about how Trump's tax cuts have helped the economy. unemployment is at an all time low. Even thought things are looking up for the American economy, other economies in the world are struggling. This is because interest rates have grown in America so other countries are having trouble paying back their debts to America because the American dollars value has went up.

Medicare For All
This article talks about the new rallying cry for the democratic party which is "Medicare for all". Even though America is one of the best economies in the world we still don't have a universal health care system. The economist reported 12% of American adults still don't have health care.

The War on Private Schools
This article talks about how India is having a problem with their public schools because many students in India are attending private schools with lower cost. the way the India's public school system tried to combat this is by making new programs available in public school, programs like teaching English in public schools.

China vs America
This article is about how tensions between America and China have grown. China's economy is on the rise and it's going to continue to grow. China's president Xi Jinping has a dream that China will stand tall as the worlds super power. Donald Trump and his cabinet know they have to remain tough on China.

Against Pessimism
This article talks about the major problem in America the prison system. The US is the leader when it comes to prison population. America is spending almost 80 billion a year on prisons. The main reason the prisons are so over crowded is because of the war on drugs which incarcerated a lot of american's on minor drug charges like marijuana. The number is now falling but it's still very high compared to Europe.

Not so Grand
This article talks about how Merkel's not doing so good in the election. The social democrats got beat down in the election. There's been a lot of term oil in Europe because of brexit and it's only going to get worse in the future.

Who Decides Your Gender
Gender is obviously a hot issue in America right now. As America keeps moving forward more and more trans gender people are feeling free to be more open about their sexuality. A lot of this is because of Obama's progressive approach, where he defined gender as self identification. Even though this allowed many trans gender people to feel more open and express themselves, trans gender people are still discriminated against. President Donald Trump is certainly not helping this cause with his statements this past week.

In The Wings
This article talks about how Anwar Ibrahim returned to parliament after being in prison for three years on some sketchy charges. The current prime minister is Mahathir Mohamad. The two have and up and down relationship when it comes to politics. A lot of people in Malaysia aren't happy with Mohamad as the prime minister, and many expect Ibrahim to take over as prime minister in the future. Even though both men aren't on the best terms with one another Ibrahim still encouraged the citizens to show support for Mahathir.

Containing Jair Bolsonaro
This article talks about the political term oil in Brazil. Jair Bolsonaro does things like show respect to other dictators, which rubs a lot of the citizens the wrong way. He also gave order for law enforcement to kill suspected criminals, which helped lead Brazil to having the highest murder rate they've had in years.

Sunrise Tokyo
This article talks about how Japans economy was one of the best in the world, but it went down for quite sometime. Now Japan's economy is growing once again. They are becoming one of the leading economies in all the world. Compared to the US women in Japan are receiving much better wadges.

Gaining Currency
This article talks about how NGOs are planing to give money instead of providing things like food and other necessities. It doesn't sound like a bad idea, but if tragedy strikes what will they do with money if most of the major businesses are also unavailable because of tragedy.