User:TreyonReche/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
 * Ōizumi Observatory


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is a stub with no information presented about the sites history, discoveries, or general importance. Overall, there is a lot of information lacking on this subject.


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Assistance for airline passengers with disabilities


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article begins by describing airline policies for individuals with disabilities with the United States, European Union, and South America. However, they don't do much to talk about what disabilities each covers (as well as the history), other countries' approach to regulating disability air travel, or general statistics of the amount of people affected by such policies.


 * Sources
 * https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/annual-report-disability-related-air-travel-complaints
 * https://go-gale-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wash_main&id=GALE|A349517133&v=2.1&it=r
 * https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/doi/book/10.1002/9781119448693
 * Mccarthy, M. (2011). Improving the United States airline industry's capacity to provide safe and dignified services to travelers with disabilities: Focus group findings. Disability and Rehabilitation, 33(25-26), 2612-2619.
 * Sound off. (2013). PN - Paraplegia News, 67(3), 40.
 * https://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/lvbsh/TN_proquest213218876
 * https://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/kjtuig/CP71139848660001451

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Academic Grading in Japan


 * Article Evaluation
 * To begin the article does not include a lead statement that can outline the different schools and their grading systems. Moreover while they say that grading does depend on the school they do not create any sections to demonstrate such knowledge. On top of that there are only two-three citations included, meaning there is more information that can be pulled from to expand the page. I use the US grading system page as an outline of all the additional information that can be added (Academic grading in the United States). There could also be sections to describe grading amongst different schools and universities. There could also be grading when considering standardized testing, including placement tests.


 * Sources
 * https://muse-jhu-edu.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/book/6150
 * https://www-tandfonline-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/doi/full/10.1080/02188790902857149
 * https://www-jstor-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/stable/40177521?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
 * https://www.scholaro.com/pro/countries/Japan/Grading-System
 * http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/PISA-2012-results-japan.pdf
 * http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/PISA-2012-results-japan.pdf

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is underdeveloped. Based from the talk page there were quite a few people who were aware of the page however, there are quite a few improvements that can be made. To start the Lead is concise and includes a table of content, but there could be a bit more to add in the beginning of what the ministry actually does. Furthermore, while they have a history section, it lacks information that is visible from a link that is included on the article. On top of that, I would also add segment of chronology to show the transition of the ministry from its roots as the ministry of education in 1871. Another section I would add is a segment discussing the current and previous members of the ministry. There could also be added information on how how each member is elected into the ministry. There could be a segment also going into all the bureaus involved in the ministry similar to an outline of other more developed ministry pages (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications/Ministry of Defense (Japan)). Finally, I could add a section, maybe in the history section, of things they tried to do.


 * Sources
 * https://www.mext.go.jp/en/about/mext/index.htm
 * https://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/lvbsh/TN_gale_hrca8959396
 * https://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/lvbsh/TN_gale_ofa12659678
 * https://www.mext.go.jp/en/about/pablication/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/03/13/1374478_001.pdf

Option 5

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 * Article Evaluation
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