User:Taylormartucci/sandbox

Creating a new article

 * Write an outline of that topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's "lead section." Write it in your sandbox.
 * A "lead" section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.

Improving an existing article?


 * Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Think back to the skills you learned while critiquing an article. Make notes for improvement in your sandbox.

Racism against african-americans in the United States in the 21st Century


 * 1) Lead section
 * 2) Racism in the United States in the 21st century is as prominent today as it was centuries ago. Legally, African-Americans share the same rights as white americans, but racial bias and social inequality are prevalent. Among Americans in particular, there is a deep-rooted hate for people of color. Implicit bias stems from stereotypes which are promoted through mass media.
 * 3) There are programs that are created to specifically aid African-Americans in succeeding in daily life. These programs monitor daily acts of life and speak out on injustices.

Improving an existing article


 * 1) Missing from Racism in the United States
 * 2) In recent years, there has been an abundance of shootings against innocent black men and women. I think that this article needs to add in riots against the police, elaborate more on the Michael Brown shooting, as well as other events that have gained national media and public outcry.

= Article Evaluation = The article I chose in relation to my research project was "racism in the United States". I tried several other topic titles but there weren't really any pages concerning African-American women and medicine, racism in health-care, nor were there any concerning a delayed health-care system. I think it's good that I am doing my project on this! Here is the link to the articl e.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article is very neutral. A lot of the reading I do on other websites is usually heavily biased!
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * There are viewpoints that are maybe a bit underrepresented. I think that with an edit, there could be more information provided on the racism that is heavy today in the U.S. The last major event in the article for African-American racism was in 2014, and as we know, there is much more recent events that could be accounted for.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Yes the links work! The article has 272 citations.
 * 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?
 * Each fact is referenced with an appropriate citation. There seems to be quite a few items of information stemming from scholarly articles and history reviews, which can at times be biased. I do not think that this is properly noted within the page.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * information could be updated with up-to-date information from as early as yesterday.
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * The talk page is so interesting! I never knew that this existed before this course. The conversation in the page at the top is about a few citations. In the middle, there is intriguing comments about Jewish-Americans.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is rated C-class and of high-importance! It is used in five different WikiProjects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * This gives a more broader sense to the information we have discussed and debated in class. It brings up other nationalities and cultures we have not delved into.