User:TiffaniHiett/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

 * Red flag (idiom)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The phrase "red flag" is relevant to the topic of communication through its use since the 18th century as a way to communicate in aquatic situations or used today as a way of saying that something is very wrong. The article is written neutrally back it only gives its official use and background. However, in the background section for the phrase, there are zero citations for any of the claims presented, the only citations in the article are those for specific terms. Then there is one citation for the lead section that sends you to a new wiki tab with the same article when clicked.
 * On the talk page, I didn't seem to find much information until looking at the history of the article. It seems that much older versions of the article seemed to have a lot more up-to-date information while still including the history of the phrase.
 * On the talk page, I didn't seem to find much information until looking at the history of the article. It seems that much older versions of the article seemed to have a lot more up-to-date information while still including the history of the phrase.
 * On the talk page, I didn't seem to find much information until looking at the history of the article. It seems that much older versions of the article seemed to have a lot more up-to-date information while still including the history of the phrase.


 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29801894/
 * This source uses an example of a modern use for the phrase "Red flag". https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32570001/ This source uses the phrase "red flag" as a way to describe significant signs of autism spectrum disorder.  https://journals.flvc.org/jcr/article/view/81336  This source describes what a red flag means in coastal environments.

Option 2

 * Word of mouth
 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section of the article sounds strong by including the different forms that "word-of-mouth" can take. The article is written for information purposes, I did not feel compelled to believe one thing or another. The references seem to be reliable and all of the links were successful in bringing me to a separate page with new information.
 * There seems to have been quite a debate in the early 2000s about a few things but those things have since been cleared up and the article does make sense.
 * There seems to have been quite a debate in the early 2000s about a few things but those things have since been cleared up and the article does make sense.


 * Sources
 * https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.103.6.2466 This source defines word-of-mouth communication in the terms of social learning amongst friends. https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article/40/3/567/2379777  This source describes how word-of-mouth communication forms the message being communicated.  https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-34034-007  "why do people talk about certain things rather than others?"

Option 3

 * Emotional intimacy
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is related to communication because it discusses sharing personal information with another individual. The lead section is strong, however, the rest of the article has very few references as explained in the warning banner on the page. Most of the claims do not have a cited source, but the sources that are cited all work. Updates have been made to this article from 2003 up to January 16, 2022, but it doesn't seem that anyone wanted to tackle the lack of sources issue.
 * This article is related to communication because it discusses sharing personal information with another individual. The lead section is strong, however, the rest of the article has very few references as explained in the warning banner on the page. Most of the claims do not have a cited source, but the sources that are cited all work. Updates have been made to this article from 2003 up to January 16, 2022, but it doesn't seem that anyone wanted to tackle the lack of sources issue.


 * Sources
 * https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apps.12208 "What We Share Is Who We Are and What We Do: How Emotional Intimacy Shapes Organizational Identification and Collaborative Behaviors" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01311.x  "Male Emotional Intimacy: How Therapeutic Men’s Groups Can Enhance Couples Therapy"  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24111536/  "Couple Communication, Emotional and Sexual Intimacy, and Relationship Satisfaction"