User:Shalichan/Article selection

Article title: Cohen v. California (Cohen v. California)


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? - The article's content is indeed relevant to the topic, but there isn't very much content.
 * Is it written neutrally? - The article's contributors have done a good job of not inserting their own views into the article. However, the only source that is used for most of the article is the official ruling report itself. Other potential sources or points of view (beyond those of the SC Justices) are not represented.
 * Does each claim have a citation? - Each claim does not have a citation. Because only one source is used for most of the article, the article's contributors presumably did not feel that it was necessary to cite every paragraph with the same source. I think this article would benefit greatly from referencing the specific locations of a claim, however, because there are 14 pages in the report and only the last four are actually credited.
 * Are the citations reliable? The citation is reliable, since it is the primary source (the ruling itself), and the article in its current state describes the arguments made in the ruling. However, as stated previously, because this is a primary source, we would benefit from including additional citations that represent a viewpoint beyond that of the Court.

Reliable sources that might be useful:


 * These sources were listed in the "Further reading" section:
 * Balter-Reitz, Susan J. (2003). "Cohen v. California". In Parker, Richard A. (ed.). Free Speech on Trial: Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. pp. 160&ndash, 171.
 * Fairman, Christopher M. (2009). Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties. Sphinx Publishing.
 * Other sources I found on Google Scholar/Regenstein Library Catalog:
 * Civilizing Public Discourse: An Essay on Professor Bickel, Justice Harlan, and the Enduring Significance of Cohen v. California - DA Farber (in Duke Law Journal)
 * A Look Back at Cohen v. California - William Cohen (in UCLA Law Review)
 * (Need to speak to librarians about finding good sources at the Reg, since I'm having some trouble finding anything on the Library Catalog by myself)
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 * On the Talk page of the article, one user links several high-quality articles on court cases that can serve as good templates for what this article could potentially look like