User:Sebawmm24/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
 * William H. Welch


 * Article Evaluation
 * The first sentence of the lead is a clear, concise introduction into the topic of the article. All of the content in the lead is present throughout the article and describes its major points. As a whole, the lead is concise.
 * Content-wise, the article is up-to-date and related to Welch. However, the article does feel short for a biography of a person. Additionally, a few sections (Early life, early career, death) are extremely short and can most likely be expanded.
 * The article is neutral and doesn't attempt to persuade the reader into thinking a certain way about Welch or adopting any alternate views.
 * The references all seem to come from respectable sources, however not all of them lead to links on the internet (specifically number 5). One of the links also leads to a "refreshing" screen that I can't seem to get past. Claims are all backed up by a reference in a clear manner.
 * The article is clear, concise, and well-written. As far as I could tell, there were no grammatical errors and is structured in a good, coherent manner.
 * The images are laid out well and one (out of two) is well captioned. The image that simply shows Welch seems to have a caption that doesn't really match the image at all. The image should be replaced with something related to the caption.
 * The vast majority of the activity on the talk page was peer review. The other comments referred to minor factual inaccuracies caused by word choice in the article and a list of the potential bibliography.
 * Overall: the article seems to be well laid-out and well-written. However, it is a bit short content-wise in my opinion. I think several portions of the page could most likely be expanded to give a much richer look into Welch's life.


 * Sources
 * https://www.jhsph.edu/about/history/heroes-of-public-health/william-henry-welch.html
 * https://medicalarchives.jhmi.edu:8443/sgml/whw/WHW-D.htm (link obtained from the Sheridan Libraries)
 * http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/welch-william.pdf (Nation Academy of Sciences published paper)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Robert Heyssel


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is extremely short and provides almost no information on who Robert Heyssel is. It isn't divided by sections and has no real organization to it. In fact, it's so short that it's classified as a start article. For context, Heyssel is a former president of the Johns Hopkins Hospital that oversaw many important renovations over the course of his presidency. A lot of these renovations have helped constitute what we recognize as the modern entity of the Hopkins Hospital. I'd like to expand this article and begin to divide it into sections using whatever resources I have available (e.g. "Early life," "Career," etc.) to give a broad sense of who Heyssel was and how he was important to the Hopkins Hospital. However, there was a small discussion in the talk page of family members "wanting the article taken down," despite providing no evidence of whether or not they were actually related. In case this is not factual, I'd like to expand it.
 * Changes under his administration included: the proposition of the Johns Hopkins Health System, and the construction of: the Oncology Center, the Harvey Teaching Tower, the Meyer Building for Psychiatry and Neurosciences, the Clayton Heart Center, and the outpatient center (among others).


 * Sources
 * https://medicalarchives.jhmi.edu:8443/papers/heyssel.html
 * https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/a-hopkins-person-beyond-compare
 * https://pages.jh.edu/~gazette/2001/jun2501/25robert.html

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Denton Cooley


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead does a good job of explaining the contents of the article and is concise.
 * The article's content seems to be up-to-date and there is nothing that doesn't belong. However, like the two previous articles, I believe that this one can be expanded to give a more encompassing view of Cooley.
 * The article is neutral and doesn't try to convince the reader to think a certain way or adopt a new point of view.
 * The references are all relevant, fully-functional and from trustworthy sites.
 * The article is well-organized and easy to read, but doesn't contain a lot of information to read through.
 * The images on the page are well-captioned but I'm not sure if the second image relates to the content of the article. (Image of Cooley with a medical student that seems out of context.)
 * The article has some discussions in the talk page, mostly related to changes presented throughout the articles. The article was rated C-class and start class in multiple WikiProjects.
 * Overall, the article is well-organized, but doesn't seem to provide a good overview of Denton Cooley's life.


 * Sources
 * https://www.bcm.edu/departments/surgery/about-us/legacy-leadership/denton-cooley
 * https://www.achievement.org/achiever/denton-a-cooley/
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377308/

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