User:Sshack2/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:
 * The Traffic in Women: Notes on the Political Economy of Sex
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article is only a few months old and has only been edited by three users. The article itself is missing citations, details, and uses biased language. The bibliography also needs to be updated.
 * The article is only a few months old and has only been edited by three users. The article itself is missing citations, details, and uses biased language. The bibliography also needs to be updated.


 * Sources:
 * The work itself and the works cited by Rubin, and other acclaimed feminist theorists' comments on her work.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Abortion law in the United States by state


 * Article Evaluation
 * As laws are changing following the fall of Roe v. Wade, this article needs to be updated with more recent information. The article is missing information for all 50 states. It is also classified as C-class low importance by a number of Wikipedia groups.


 * Sources
 * Reliable news sources, state laws, policy.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Abuse during childbirth


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is classified as C-class by a number of Wiki groups. The article itself is missing information from different sources, because it primarily cites WHO. The article mentions geography, but lacks detail. Finally, it does not speak about the difference of experiences between on race, gender, and class.


 * Sources
 * Statistics from reliable health organizations, academic writing of relevant topics.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Gender script


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is classified as C-class. The article does not even have a talk page discussion, demonstrating that no one has spent time editing the article. The page is lacking examples, theory, references, and citations. The article is lacking details on how gender script varies based on class and race, and does not mention the trans* experience.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Article Evaluation
 * Sources
 * Sources
 * Sources