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Annotated Bibliography - "The Face on the Milk Carton"
I am making changes to the Wikipedia Entry "The Face on the Milk Carton." My annotated bibliography for my proposed changes are below:

Bushman, John H., and Shelley McNerny. "Moral Choices: Building a Bridge between YA Literature and Life." ALAN Review, vol. 32, no. 1, 2004, pp. 61-67''. ProQuest'', https://search.proquest.com/docview/212254640?accountid=11091.

Evans, Karen S. "Fifth-Grade Students' Perceptions of how they Experience Literature Discussion Groups." Reading Research Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, 2002, pp. 46-69''. ProQuest'', https://search.proquest.com/docview/212134079?accountid=11091.

Fleischer, Cathy, Kathleen Hayes-Parvin, and Julie A. King. "Becoming Proactive: The Quiet Revolution." Voices from the Middle, vol. 6, no. 3, 1999, pp. 3-10''. ProQuest'', https://search.proquest.com/docview/213934094?accountid=11091

"Mirrors and Windows." Voices from the Middle, vol. 17, no. 4, 2010, pp. 48-49''. ProQuest'', https://search.proquest.com/docview/213929964?accountid=11091.

Diana Baker Freeman, “The Face on the Milk Carton.” School Library Journal; September 1988; 44, 9; ProQuest Central.

Although actually a review of The Face on the Milk Carton as a recorded book, this short entry is useful in gaining a better idea of how the book was received. While helpful in contextualizing and adding some slight detail to the book’s reception, there is not a lot of content in this source. It is unclear if there is a significant amount of information that could be used to strengthen the existing Wikipedia article.

“Read ‘The Face on the Milk Carton.’” Advocacy for Banned Books. June 15, 2011.

This article focuses on a discussion of where and why the book has been banned. Although this page contains good information and is well-written, it does not use citations and appears to be more of a blog post than an entry on a website of known reputability. That being said, the information contained in the article would address the content gap found in the lack of an explanation of why the book has been banned. I will try and substantiate the information on this website on other more established websites.

“Banned & Challenged Books, The Face on the Milk Carton.” The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Although there is very limited content in this entry, I included it because of its reputable sourcing (as opposed to several other sources I have found). The entry states that the ALA identified the book was the 29th most challenged book of the 2000s for reasons including kidnapping, cult references, and sexual content. I will use this to fill in the aforementioned content gap of answering why the book was banned.

“The Face on the Milk Carton.” PenguinRandomHouse.com/books.

Although a summary of the novel, this entry also provides clarity into the precise language that might be used to characterize the novel’s genre/style. As genre/style is not discussed in the existing Wikipedia entry, this would be a useful (although limited) addition to make). As this is a reputable source, it would be more useful than some of the others sources.

“The Face on the Milk Carton – Form and Content.” Survey of Young Adult Fiction Ed. Frank Northern Magill. eNotes.com, Inc. 1977.

This is one of the more useful sources that I have found. The entry discusses the writing style, some of the techniques Cooney uses, historical context, and greater analysis of the book (rather than just summary). As the source also appears to be more reputable than some of the other sourcing, I anticipate this to be a strong source to enhancing various gaps in the existing Wikipedia article on the novel.

“The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney.” Banned Library. August 21, 2016.

This source, like several others, discusses the reasons for the book’s banning. It has slightly different than some of the other information found on the issue, so it could be used to complement the information found on other sources. I can’t tell how reliable the source is, so would have to do more research on the actual source itself.

Evaluation of "Drama," February 24 & 26, 2020
Overall, the Wikipedia entry on "Drama" follows the template from Wikipedia for articles about books. In line with the template, the article has a leading paragraph, background paragraph, summary paragraph, genre/style paragraph, analysis paragraph, reception, and other (awards) paragraph. However, the entry is lacking a publication paragraph, which is included in the Wikipedia template. Within the existing sections, the article could generally be made more concise and less wordy-- I think the extensive detail, especially regarding the plot, diminishes the overall utility of the article.

Abate's ideas are used in the analysis section of the article and portrayed in contrast to generally positive reception the novel has received. I think the article generally depicts Abate's ideas fairly and accurately, although more detail could be argued. Specifically, I think an example of one of the specific points she makes, such as how the illustrations utilized are reminiscent of Jim Crow depictions, could give readers a better idea of her argument's substance.

Evaluation of "White Savior," February 18, 2020
Evaluating content

·        Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Yes; no.

·        Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Identify content gaps. No.

·        What else could be improved? More detail on the historical legacies of the “white man savior,” examples of acts typically associated with the “white savior” could be added.

·        Review the lead section. Does it follow Wikipedia’s guidelines to provide basic information and summarizes the entire article? Yes.

Evaluating tone

·        Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Yes; no.

·        Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No.

Evaluating sources

·        Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? Yes.

·        Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? For example, does the writer use signal phrases to clearly identify the source of the information? Yes, appropriate, reliable references that appear to be neutral.

Checking the talk page

·        Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page. Rated as "start-class"

·        What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? Part of WikiProject Africa, WikiProject Discrimination, WikiProject Philosophy, and several others

·        How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? NA- have not discussed this particular topic in class.