User:Wingtip42/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

 * International Translation Day
 * This article is a stub. While it covers some basics, it could be expanded in several areas. It seems like more sources could be tracked down, and there are several items needing citations. It raises questions - CEATL, which sponsors the day, is an association for literary translators, but it's also been picked up by the ATA in the US which is a more general association. Do other organizations support September 30th as the International Translation Day? Does the day have its own website? Is it mentioned in more than the 5 sources listed?
 * Just at a glance, it seems the UN and a French association of translators advertise this same day. It may not be one I can find a lot of scholarly articles for, so I'm not sure it's the perfect choice.
 * Just at a glance, it seems the UN and a French association of translators advertise this same day. It may not be one I can find a lot of scholarly articles for, so I'm not sure it's the perfect choice.
 * Just at a glance, it seems the UN and a French association of translators advertise this same day. It may not be one I can find a lot of scholarly articles for, so I'm not sure it's the perfect choice.

Option 2

 * LGBT Linguistics
 * I've evaluated this yesterday in one of the Part 2a assignments. The gist was that there are several sections that could use expansion, there isn't a section about bisexual people, and there are many sentences needing citations. This one isn't a stub, but does only have a B rating iirc. Plenty of room for improvement!
 * Language in Society seemed to have a lot of articles relevant to this topic, just from browsing the citations. I'd think psychology journals might occasionally address this, as well as linguistics journals.
 * Language in Society seemed to have a lot of articles relevant to this topic, just from browsing the citations. I'd think psychology journals might occasionally address this, as well as linguistics journals.
 * Language in Society seemed to have a lot of articles relevant to this topic, just from browsing the citations. I'd think psychology journals might occasionally address this, as well as linguistics journals.

Option 3

 * Alveolar Ridge
 * While it does give a good overview, I feel this needs some beefing up. It is a pretty short stub that trends more towards dictionary than encyclopedia. More examples in languages besides English of alveolar sounds, maybe some video showing how sounds are produced, perhaps an image that JUST shows the alveolar ridge instead of having numbers for every part of the oral cavity?
 * This only has two sources listed and I think I could add all kinds of sources from linguistics journals or even from websites that demonstrate how phonetic sounds are made.
 * This only has two sources listed and I think I could add all kinds of sources from linguistics journals or even from websites that demonstrate how phonetic sounds are made.
 * This only has two sources listed and I think I could add all kinds of sources from linguistics journals or even from websites that demonstrate how phonetic sounds are made.

Option 4

 * Lexical Definition
 * This article has no citations at all! There's a little bit of a tonal issue where descriptivism is favored over prescriptivism, which while understandable doesn't go in an encyclopedia entry. It could also benefit from some example words and their lexical definition and a deeper explanation of how that's different from nonlexical words.
 * I don't know off the top of my head what sources I'd use. Certainly the OED for making an example (or several).
 * I don't know off the top of my head what sources I'd use. Certainly the OED for making an example (or several).
 * I don't know off the top of my head what sources I'd use. Certainly the OED for making an example (or several).

Option 5

 * Verbnoun
 * It has a few examples and citations, but only gives examples from Welsh and Manx. It makes it sound like this only occurs in Celtic languages - is that true? The stub is very short and a bit confusing.
 * I'm not sure where to turn for sources, but there are probably more resources available than the two cited.
 * I'm not sure where to turn for sources, but there are probably more resources available than the two cited.
 * I'm not sure where to turn for sources, but there are probably more resources available than the two cited.