User:Thomas Leonard96/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
 * Computational Politics


 * Article Evaluation
 * Short, seems to be written in a neutral point of view, but relies heavy on one source. This could be because reliable sources on the topic are hard to acquire. Talk page shows it is in WikiProjects scopes but only has someone posting a few additional possible sources. Could try to add some statistics and increase the the general coverage of exactly what the topic is about.


 * Sources
 * Ehsan, u. H., Braud, T., Kwon, Y. D., & Pan, H. (2020). A survey on computational politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/2275730993?accountid=176407

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Valve Index


 * Article Evaluation
 * Missing a lot of important information such as history and development. Could use more citations as some important claims are not cited. May be difficult to get credible sources on the topic as most would likely be from the manufacturer. I also noticed that one of the sources used in the company's official website, but I guess when just using it for specs of the product and such it could be acceptable. Otherwise the article touches on the most important topics but just not in great detail. Talk page shows it is in two WikiProjects but is low priority. No discussion happening on the talk page about possible improvements.


 * Sources
 * VIVEPORT infinity now supports valve index: Viveport infinity continues to expand its hardware-agnostic offering while gifting two free months of the subscription service to all valve index owners. (2019, Aug 29). PR Newswire Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/2281805268?accountid=176407

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Driving


 * Article Evaluation
 * Does not have a strong lead section that hits on all the topics discussed in the article but otherwise is well written with many sources. Drivability header does seem a bit out of place being only one sentence. Could add a section glossing over the potential dangers of driving. May be hard to improve other section of the article. Citations seem to be used appropriately where needed. Talk page shows the article is part of three Wikiprojects and also has a fair amount of discussion on what to add / possible merging with other articles.


 * Sources
 * Light, M. T., PhD., Miller, T., M.S., & Kelly, B. C., PhD. (2017). Undocumented immigration, drug problems, and driving under the influence in the united states, 1990–2014. American Journal of Public Health, 107(9), 1448-1454. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303884

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Defensive Driving


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article seems well written and unbiased but is short. History section could use more information along with new sources. Could also expand on the involvement of corporate sponsored DDC. Additionally could add information on the possible benefits as well as reasons why someone would take a defensive driving course. One of the sources gave me an issue opening it saying it had been removed. The talk page it is part of one Wikiproject, as well as many ideas on how to improve the article but the most recent discussion is from 2014.


 * Sources
 * English, D. M. (2011). Driver education: The missing link in traffic safety. Professional Safety, 56(2), 44-47. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/853139974?accountid=176407

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Microsoft Windows


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a large amount of content and hits on basically every topic without making the page too long. The article also contains over 40 sources although a few seem to be from Microsoft themselves although I guess this is acceptable for things such as the history of the company or specification of the products they produced. It looks like it would be hard to add much to this article but a section on market share could be possible. The talk page shows the article is part of numerous Wikiprojects but has not discussion on improvements.


 * Sources
 * Windows market share falls below 90% for first time in 19 years. (2014, Mar 31). Ibex, 6, 17. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1615775697?accountid=176407