User:Sydneyd75/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: Language of Adoption
 * Article Evaluation: This article was very concise and explained its information clearly. It began with a a clear introduction paragraph and first sentenced that essentially set the readers with what the article consisted of; the controversial issues tied to the appealing and offensive terms to individuals affected by adoption. The article had a solid set up, it was separated into clear sections between "positive adoption language", "honest adoption language", and "inclusive adoption language". Within these sections the article gave great examples defining each language with an easy to read diagram demonstrating "non-preferred language", "positive adoption language", as well as "reasons stated for preference." The language and tone of the article is pretty informational, I believe that it gets the essential point of the article across clearly to readers. The article could be more up to date, the latest source of information goes back to 2011.
 * Sources: Language of adoption
 * When clicking on each of the sources all worked and appeared to be reliable and useful for the article's information.
 * Sources: Language of adoption
 * When clicking on each of the sources all worked and appeared to be reliable and useful for the article's information.

Option 2

 * Article title: Single-parent homeschooling
 * Article Evaluation: This article was very short and definitely needs some work. Although the first sentence did explain the definition of single-parent homeschooling, the initial first paragraph did not clearly explain the information that was being presented. The article is also not up to date, and does not supply enough current statistics for the information. The tone was informational, yet the article could have went more in depth. It was set up by first explaining the definition of single-parent homeschooling, then slightly touched on problems with this topic, followed by dual enrollment information and support networks. There was no diagrams or imagery shown in the article. I think that this article could have been organized in a different way, with more information and updated statistics applied.
 * Sources: Single-parent homeschooling
 * This article only had 4 sources, and when clicking on all sources I was brought to a page where the sources "could not be found". These sources did not work nor were up to date.
 * Sources: Single-parent homeschooling
 * This article only had 4 sources, and when clicking on all sources I was brought to a page where the sources "could not be found". These sources did not work nor were up to date.

Option 3

 * Article title: Family Support
 * Article Evaluation: Overall I found this article to be very concise and clear within its information that is presented. In the first paragraph it summarizes the term "family support" sufficiently and explains the effect on different population groups in the US and worldwide essentially setting the scene for what will be talked about throughout the article. This article was organized in a very clear and easy to read way. It separates the history of family support, the theories researched, its growth in the US, as well as internationally. The tone was very informational in this article and was not biased towards one side. I felt this article to be very good quality and strong. Although no images or diagrams were offered, the article went into much detail about the topic that it was not needed. The article gave many sources that were as up to date as 2014.
 * Sources: Family support
 * This article gave 146 sources to rely on. Many of the sources came from books or articles based upon family support/policies/theories. The links that were provided to specific internet articles worked and appeared to be reliable and efficient.
 * Sources: Family support
 * This article gave 146 sources to rely on. Many of the sources came from books or articles based upon family support/policies/theories. The links that were provided to specific internet articles worked and appeared to be reliable and efficient.

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