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Article Evaluation of Drama


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * I found everything in the article to be relevant to the topic. The first section of the article did a good job laying out the rest of the article. The other parts of the article gave in depth and valuable information.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * I don't see to much that is out of date or that could be added. It seems as if the article is very accurate and informative.
 * What else could be improved
 * I think a couple more images could be added to the novel to show readers more about the novel. There is no talk about the genre of the novel either.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * It seems that the article is neutral. In the controversy section of the article the author lays out while people have banned it but also includes a response from the author to those who are opposed to her novel.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * I think that the author might be able to include more on why the novel should be included in school's curriculum. They could have found another outside source other than the author that supports the books and its viewpoints on controversial topics.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * All the citations are good and the information in the article is consisted with those that have been cited.
 * 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 referenced does come from a reliable source. Some of the information comes from the author, but the information that she gives is mainly about what inspired her to write the novel and her response to those who are against her novel. However in the Themes section have cited only one argument from a scholar which could introduce some bias.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There isn't much going on in the talk page.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Article Evaluation of Tucson Unified School District


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * I did not see anything that was off topic in this article. One thing that I got distracted by was the list of every single school in the district. It seemed a little unnecessary.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * I did not see anything that was out of date in this article. I think that there are other things that could be mentioned in this article such as the curriculum of the school district. Overall I feel there should be more about the actual education that students receive in the school district.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * the article maintains a very neutral point of view. It is only comprised of facts and there is no bias one way or another about the controversy and where the author stands on those.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * I think language education is a little over represented compared to the rest of the curriculum in the school district.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * The citations work and they do support the work that is on the page.
 * 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?
 * Almost all of the sources seem to be appropriate and reliable. Some of the sources on the controversy that the school district has faced seem to have a little bias in favor of the MAS program.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There isn't much conversation going on in the talk page other than people adding some information about changes they are going to make or information that they are going to add.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is rated start class
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * We specifically focused on the controversy facing the school district where this article gives a much more broad overview of the district.

Article Evaluation of Ethnic Studies


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Everything in the article is very relevant to the topic and there was nothing about the article that distracted me.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * All the information seems to be up to date and a wide variety of topics are covered in this article.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article seems to be very neutral. The tone of the article is very unbiased and doesn't present opinion for or against Ethnic Studies.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * I did not find any viewpoints that were under represented. There was some extensive coverage about the Tucson Unified School District ban but I think that this was necessary for the article because this was a major event on Ethnic Studies.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * I found that there was a citation on the article that wasn't linked to any source but instead said "citation needed." Whoever wrote that piece of the article needed to include where the information was coming from. Other than this citation all other citations seem to work and come from very reliable resources.
 * 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?
 * Yes each fact is referenced with appropriate and reliable resources. Almost all the resources that I checked either came from very prestigious universities or news webpages.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Some of the talk from the article seems to be about some of the citations. From what it looks like to me the citations were corrected. Also there was talk about some grammatical errors with a couple of the sentences.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * This article is part of the Wiki Ethnic Group, sociology and United States project. The article is rated C with some need for improvement.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * As the last article did this article gives me a much broad view of Ethnic studies rather than our focused learning about the Tucson Unified School District Ban.

Evaluation of A Wrinkle in Time


 * What does the article have/cover that is mentioned in the handout?
 * The article has a brief lead section that mentions some of the awards that the book has won as well as some films that have been made about the book. The article does include in a summary section. However on the Wikipedia guidelines it says that the summary should be concise. This summary seems like it could be more concise. There are very specific details in the summary that are not needed because the reader wouldn't lose any key ideas if those details were not provided. The article does give the genre in the lead section but there is no section specifically for genre. A section in the article does contain the different styles that the novel has been converted into. There is a publication section which gives a thorough history of how the book got published. There is a reception section which talks about the book being challenged constantly but at the same time was a popular read for young students. There is also an info box that gives basic information of the book. Within the article there are many different sections that are not covered on the wikipedia article guidelines. There are sections that cover the characters, settings, and themes.
 * What is missing and could be added to the article?
 * There is no background section on the book. Although there is no background section the lead section and the other section do give some background information on the book. The article also offers no analysis section. I feel that this is a section that definitely could be added because there is a lot of analysis on the book being that it is a controversial book and offers some views about certain topics that could be argued and interpreted in different ways.
 * Article Link
 * https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/childbooks/wrinkle_in_time_a_1962/0


 * Article Evaluation of Persepolis
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Everything in the article is on topic. The character list and the summaries of then novel were distracting because they were so long.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * I think that the article should include an analysis section since there has been many literary scholars who have shared their thoughts on the novel.
 * What else could be improved
 * The summaries and the character list in the novels needs to be shortened. There are way to many small details in both sections.
 * I saw some room for improvement in the publication history of the novel. There are some details in the section that are wrong and information that is not neede
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article does remain neutral especially in the reception section. The author of the article does a nice job of presenting both praise and criticisms of the article from literary scholars
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * The character list and the summary of the novels are overrepresented. Other than that I think the author does a good job of giving the other sections fair amounts of representation.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * I found that many of the citations that are used are accurate and all the links to the sources work.
 * 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?
 * I found that mostly the citations are objective and the information on the sources comes from appropriate outlets.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There are no conversations going on in the talk page.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * I do not see that this article is part of any WikiProject
 * What does the article have/cover that is mentioned in the handout?
 * The article has all the sections that are listed in the handout. However, the summaries and the character list of the novel are way too long. Wikipedia wants summaries of novels to short synopsis' not extensive coverage of every chapter in each novel. Also the character list should only have the main characters not every single character mentioned in either novel. Also I don't think that the novel needs a character list because it provides the reader with too much detail about the novel and it is not required to have in Wiki article. There should also be an analysis section of the article that includes what literary scholars think about the novel.


 * Draft for Contributions to Heather Has Two Mommies Page
 * Lead Section
 * The idea for Heather Has Two Mommies was not Newman's own. One day she was in Massachusetts and Lesbian parent's approached Newman and asked her to write a book about their familial structure. There were no novels that the parents could show their daughter about a family like theirs and so Newman wrote Heather Has Two Mommies not expecting it to gain all the publicity that it did.
 * Summary Section
 * The story is about a child, Heather, raised by lesbian women: her biological mother, Jane, who gave birth to her after artificial insemination, and her biological mother's same-sex partner, Kate. At Heather's playgroup, her family situation is discussed simply and positively, as are those of other children in other family units. At first Heather becomes upset when she realizes that she does not have a daddy and many of her other classmates do. Molly, the care taker, makes Heather understand that all types of familial structures are special and no one is better than any of the others. (In Bold is what I am adding to section).
 * Reception Sectio
 * When Heather Has Two Mommies was published there were mixed reviews about the children's book. Doris Robinson, the regional services manager at Fairview Park Regional Library in Cleveland, asserts that novels such as Heather Has Two Mommies should have a place in schools and libraries around the country, "as long as they tastefully, accurately and appropriately portray the subject matter." Furthermore, people such as Robinson who are in support of putting gay novel's in libraries in schools recognize that gay's are being more accepted in today's world than ever and to keep the topic from children would be doing them a disservice. Gays deserve all the same human rights that heterosexuals deserve and children's books such as Heather Has Two Mommies teach kids to be more accepting of these relationships and family structures
 * There were also those who were in favor of banning Heather Has Two Mommies from schools. People like John Leo believe that while accepting gays in today's society is important, books like Heather Has Two Mommies have a different purpose. Leo believes that Heather Has Two Mommies and similar books, "celebrate the wonders of double-mommy and double-daddy households." Leo insists that there is a difference between celebrating and respecting various types of familial structures and that schools should not take part in promoting certain familial structures over others. Leo also believes that there are various religious conflicts that could occur when kids have to think about religion versus school.
 * There was also a large controversy in Fayettesville North Carolina when people tried to have Heather Has Two Mommies banned from local libraries and schools. They were unsuccessful in their attempt so instead they paid for advertisements in newspapers that tried to convince people against voting for the construction of 5 new libraries in the Fayettesville area. The advertisements conveyed that the libraries were in, "pursuit of legitimizing homosexuality" as well as comparing homosexuality to, "prostitution, bestiality or incest..."
 * Analysis Section
 * Leslea Newman attempts to normalize lesbian family structure in Heather Has Two Mommies. Unintentionally according to Jennifer Esposito she does just the opposite. When Heather acknowledges that she does not have a daddy it makes her sad. Esposito believes that because Heather asks why she does not have a daddy that Newman is inferring that it is normal to have one mommy and daddy and not normal to have two mommies. Furthermore Esposito believes that "dequeering" lesbian households does a disservice to those children that live in the household. Newman attempts to make it normal for Heather to have two mommies but in reality children with two mommies in the real world and constantly facing discrimination and hatred. Overall, Esposito believes that books that deal with lesbian families should take the approach of informing that these households are just as normal as other households but they do face problems that regular heterosexual families do not have to face.