User:SeenaBerkeley/sandbox

Article Evaluation
The Change.Org Wikipedia page seems to be constructed well. The page stayed relevant, and neutral, presenting both criticisms and positives that have come out of the website. No facts seem to be heavily favoring one side or another, as all perspectives seem to be shared. There does, however, seem to be more emphasis on the positives that have come out of change.org petitions, but that could simply be due to the fact that there are just more positives than negatives that have come out of petitions on the platform. All the links work on the citations and they all come from reliable, independent sources with no bias to the company. The article however, does lack a lot of information pertaining to the incentive that change.org has in collecting donations from visitors, which seems to be a huge criticism of the platform as well as lacks images of petitions/history of the company. I also found that the article does not mention that Change.Org is 100% nonprofit owned, and is the largest tech platform to hold that status as of now, this is valuable information that is missing from the article. In the talk page of the article, there seems to be discussion about previous vandalism, in which an editor used the words corrupt and spamming to describe the company. The talk page also has editors discussing the use of the word "organization" to describe the platform, as well as discussing the organizations possible affiliation with the United States Democratic Party (though no response has been given). The article is rated "C-Class" on the talk page, which I am a little confused about, but I guess others are much more familiar with why pages are ranked the way they are, so I will not question the ranking too much. Here is the link to my entry on the Talk Page: 100% Nonprofit Owned

Possible Articles to work on
Swing Left -- This article has a COI warning and minimal sources on top of having very vague content, and being rated "Stub-Class". This is my top choice for an article to work on, as I found a variety of reliable sources online to help me with content. I could improve the page to have a neutral perspective, adding a criticism portion, and also adding an impact section. I really hope I'm able to get this article.

Countable -- This article has a link rot banner at the top, and also has very minimal information. I would be interested in writing more on this article pertaining to its impact on the field, any controversies, and criticisms. It is a little difficult to find a bunch of sources on this article, but I can still make it work using the sources provided already. I could also improve the current history section.

Swing Left
Swing Left is the article I have chosen for this semesters main Wikipedia article.With this article, I plan on expanding and organizing it to both include more information, as well as make information easier to find. I hope to expand more on the History, Business Model, Direct Impact, Funding, etc.. I hope this organization will both make the site look more presentable as well as make it more useful with more information.

Drafting Contribution
Background: Swing Left is a progressive political group in the United States that was created following the election of Donald Trump in 2016. The group was founded by Ethan Tondras-Hill, Miriam Stone, Josh Krafchin, Michelle Finocchi, and Matt Ewing to create an easier way for Democrats to volunteer in their nearest swing district. Its initial mission was to win a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives in 2018 by building a network of volunteers and donors in targeted swing districts across the U.S. ''Swing Left uses a margin of fifteen points to determine which seats are considered "swing seats", and then concentrate their efforts there. '' Swing Left focuses on training volunteers to register voters, phone bank, fundraise, and engage in door-to-door campaigning for candidates.

Fundraising: Swing Left gathers donations from both organizations and individuals, using that as their main source of funding. Some notable donors of Swing Left include names like George Soros, Chris Sacca, and Tom Ford as well as organizations like Onward Together and Majority Forward. In 2020, days after Micheal Bloomberg dropped out of the Democratic campaign for president, he donated $2 million dollars to the organization stating that the organization would help with the ultimate goal of "defeating Donald Trump". During the 2020 election cycle, Swing Left raised over $15 million dollars, which all was donated to different Democratic candidates in swing districts.

Political Action: Swing Left's effort to secure swing seats for Democrats has been shown through financial contributions to candidates. In 2018, Swing Left contributed the most to: Josh Harder ($298,000), Mike Levin ($278,093), and Katie Hill ($203,318), which assisted in all 3 Democratic candidates winning their elections. Swing Left has also branched out, creating sub-chapters the most notable one being 31st Street Swing Left, a chapter of Swing Left which focuses in on the Maryland, Virginia, and D.C area. 31st Street Swing Left focuses on funding campaigns of swing-candidates in their jurisdiction.

Flippable Merge: In 2019, Swing Left merged with Flippable, a group focused on flipping state legislatures from Republican to Democrat control. The groups stated that their goal was to better strategize and prepare volunteers and donors for the 2020 election. One of their first initiatives as a group was to raise money for "competitive state-level districts". After the merger, Swing Left shifted focus on the Virginia state elections, in which their team raised $863,000 for Democratic candidates. The merger with Flippable shifted Swing Left away from their original goal of keeping the House of Representatives in a Democrat majority, to keeping state legislators a Democrat majority.

Outside Activity/Pop Culture: In May 2017, Onward Together cited Swing Left as one of the groups whose work it would support. In December 2017, Crooked Media announced a joint fundraising initiative with Swing Left called the Crooked Seven, to raise money for the eventual Democratic challengers of seven Republican-controlled House districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. In 2018, Swing Left launched a campaign titled "The Last Weekend", where they partnered with the likes of Mandy Patinkin, Tracee Ellis Ross, Elizabeth Warren, Anna Wintour, and Kerry Washington, to encourage people to get out and vote through a series of videos. "The Last Weekend" also hosted a variety fundraising events in which they hosted preformers Beck, David Ghrol, and Karen O.

Responding to Peer Review
I appreciate CFeldmar's compliment of the tone of the article, I will work to hyperlink all the things I can in this next edit.

I appreciate Malak8462000's review of my article, I will work on expanding on newer accomplishments, but I cannot find reliable sources that aren't straight from the website of Swing Left, which detail state-by-state accomplishments of the organizations

I appreciate LavarBall13's comments, I will make sure to include hyperlinks in my new article draft

Draft #2
Background: Swing Left is a progressive political group in the United States that was created following the election of Donald Trump in 2016. The group was founded by Ethan Tondras-Hill, Miriam Stone, Josh Krafchin, Michelle Finocchi, and Matt Ewing to create an easier way for Democrats to volunteer in their nearest swing district. Its initial mission was to win a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives in 2018 by building a network of volunteers and donors in targeted swing districts across the U.S. Swing Left uses a margin of fifteen points to determine which seats are considered "swing seats", and then concentrate their efforts there. Swing Left focuses on training volunteers to register voters, phone bank, fundraise, and engage in door-to-door campaigning for candidates.

Fundraising: Swing Left gathers donations from both organizations and individuals, using that as their main source of funding. Some notable donors of Swing Left include names like George Soros, Chris Sacca, and Tom Ford as well as organizations like Onward Together and Majority Forward. In 2020, days after Micheal Bloomberg dropped out of the Democratic campaign for president, he donated $2 million dollars to the organization stating that the organization would help with the ultimate goal of "defeating Donald Trump". During the 2020 election cycle, Swing Left raised over $15 million dollars, which all was donated to different Democratic candidates in swing districts.

Political Action: Swing Left's effort to secure swing seats for Democrats has been shown through financial contributions to candidates. In 2018, Swing Left contributed the most to: Josh Harder ($298,000), Mike Levin ($278,093), and Katie Hill ($203,318), which assisted in all 3 Democratic candidates winning their elections. Swing Left has also branched out, creating sub-chapters the most notable one being 31st Street Swing Left, a chapter of Swing Left which focuses in on the Maryland, Virginia, and D.C area. 31st Street Swing Left focuses on funding campaigns of swing-candidates in their jurisdiction.

Flippable Merge: In 2019, Swing Left merged with Flippable, a group focused on flipping state legislatures from Republican to Democrat control. The groups stated that their goal was to better strategize and prepare volunteers and donors for the 2020 election. One of their first initiatives as a group was to raise money for "competitive state-level districts". After the merger, Swing Left shifted focus on the Virginia state elections, in which their team raised $863,000 for Democratic candidates. The merger with Flippable shifted Swing Left away from their original goal of keeping the House of Representatives in a Democrat majority, to keeping state legislators a Democrat majority.

Outside Activity/Pop Culture: In May 2017, Onward Together cited Swing Left as one of the groups whose work it would support. In December 2017, Crooked Media announced a joint fundraising initiative with Swing Left called the Crooked Seven, to raise money for the eventual Democratic challengers of seven Republican-controlled House districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. In 2018, Swing Left launched a campaign titled "The Last Weekend", where they partnered with the likes of Mandy Patinkin, Tracee Ellis Ross, Elizabeth Warren, Anna Wintour, and Kerry Washington, to encourage people to get out and vote through a series of videos. "The Last Weekend" also hosted a variety fundraising events in which they hosted preformers Beck, Dave Ghrol, and Karen O.