User:SebastianG1002/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
 * Persepolis (comics)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Parts of the article such as the Lead and the Reception sections need to be better cited. The Lead also does not touch on every aspect of the article and can be expanded upon and restructured. The Genre and Style section sometimes veers into content that is rather tangentially relevant to discussion of the comics and the Analysis section only discusses one area of analysis when the comics touch upon many other distinct themes. The Other section can be replaced by an Adaptations section discussing the film and the Persepolis 2.0 webcomic that reimagines the comics' scenes to fit the 2009 Iranian elections. A previous student project focused primarily on fixing the Plot Summary and Character List sections and addressing the article's biases/lack of a neutral tone.


 * Sources
 * Chris Reyns-Chikuma, and Houssem Ben Lazreg. “Marjane Satrapi and the Graphic Novels from and about the Middle East.” Arab Studies Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, 2017, pp. 758–775. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/arabstudquar.39.1.0758. Accessed 2 Nov. 2020.
 * Sex, Violence, and Radical Islam: Why 'Persepolis' Belongs in Public Schools: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/03/sex-violence-and-radical-islam-why-persepolis-belongs-in-public-schools/274152/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Education in Cuba


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Lead is very short and does not introduce the article well. Many of the facts and figures in the article are out of date by decades, and the article is missing many important topics. There is no section dedicated to higher education, vocational education, or homeschooling, no section for how the system is regulated by law and financed, and no mention of curriculum, criticism, inclusivity, and much more. When compared to the B-class article on education in the United States, it is clear that this article can come a very long way with more dedicated research and attention.


 * Sources
 * Nedelcu, Danay Q. "CUBAN EDUCATION BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND REFORM." The International Journal of Cuban Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014, pp. 205-221,235. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1636551381%3Faccountid%3D11091, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13169/intejcubastud.6.2.0205.
 * How Education Shaped Communist Cuba: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/how-education-shaped-communist-cuba/386192/

Option 3

 * Article title
 * The Plot Against America


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Lead is devoid of citations and does not cover every section of the already short article. The Inspiration section is also not sourced at all, and the Literary Significance and Criticism section is composed of very short excerpts from different sources placed one after the other without cohesion, although it does give examples of both positive and negative reception. A paragraph about parallels between the novel and the 2016 election is oddly placed in the Historical Figures section, and the section on the new Television Adaptation is also very short. The article is rated start-class and there has not been a lot of significant discussion on the talk page, so it is clear that the article is in need of significant revision and expansion.


 * Sources
 * Shiffman, Dan. “The Plot Against America and History Post-9/11.” Philip Roth Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 61–73. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5703/philrothstud.5.1.61. Accessed 2 Nov. 2020.
 * The True History Behind ‘The Plot Against America’: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-plot-against-america-180974365/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * The Glass Castle


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Lead does a good job of introducing the key sections of the article and is well-sourced, but suffers from the fact that the article itself is only made up of three short sections. The Lead contains information that is not present in the Reception section, which only consists of one long quote from a New York Times review. The plot summary has been marked as too long and excessively detailed, which I agree with. There is no mention of background, genre, style, scholarly analysis, extensive reception, and controversy surrounding the book being challenged in the United States. Even though the article is rated C-class, it seems more like a start-class article to me, and the talk page is almost completely inactive.


 * Sources
 * Irvin, Andrea. “Minds and Hearts: Using Jeannette Walls's Memoir, ‘The Glass Castle’, to Teach Emotional Intelligence.” The English Journal, vol. 102, no. 1, 2012, pp. 57–60. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23269384. Accessed 2 Nov. 2020.
 * NCAC Defends the Glass Castle over Concerns of ‘Disturbing’ Content; UPDATE: Review Committee Votes in Favor of Keeping the Book: https://ncac.org/news/blog/wisconsin-parent-challenges-the-glass-castle-calls-it-explicit-and-disturbing

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Same Love


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Lead is very short and does not make reference to all of the sections of the article. While the article includes many important sections of a song article, including Composition, Charts and Certifications, and Music Video, they are all short. The longest section of the article is the final section that discusses a separate song derived from the chorus of Same Love. There is not much activity in the talk page and no mention of the challenges the song has faced and its contribution to the national discourse around LGBTQ+ rights in 2012 and 2013 or the challenges it faced from LGBTQ+ critics.


 * Sources
 * Dunn, Thomas R. "Playing Neoliberal Politics: Post-Racial and Post-Racist Strategies in "Same Love"." Communication and Critical Cultural Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, 2016, pp. 269. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1813601704%3Faccountid%3D11091
 * Macklemore's 'Same Love' Is Now #1 On The iTunes Charts After Marriage Equality Furore: https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/09/28/macklemores-same-love-is-now-1-on-the-itunes-charts-after-marriage-equality-furore_a_23226766/