User:Yawen Liu usc/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
 * Aerospace engineering


 * Article Evaluation
 * The podcast we plan to work on is aerospace training with virtual reality. Thus Aerospace engineering would be the best match to edit. This article has clearly stated the history, components, and related culture of aerospace engineering, which services as a comprehensive overview of the topic. The article is an engineering and technology good articles nominee but did not meet the good article criteria. It has been listed as a level-4 vital article as C-Class, high-importance. Overall, the article has valid, available sources. However, it needs improvements in its tone: some comments below suggest that the writing contains some self-promotional research. Besides, the content of academic institutions and element should not be only a list of terms, but more concise writing in paragraphs.


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Virtual reality


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's contents are relevant to the topic, including the history mechanism, technology, applications, and challenges of the virtual reality technology. All sections contain well-formatted, correct citations. It ranks as a level-5 vital article in Technology as C-Class. The talk has an edit suggestion on adding VR cameras, which provides an adequate, up-to-date introduction on fisheye cameras in VR. The article is overall well-written. For this assignment, the team may focus on edit the application part, include information about VR in space education. The article can also be improved by adding a few more visuals to further illustrate the parts for applications and challenges.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Space technology


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article ranks as List-class, high importance in WikiProject Outlines. It is the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment in summer 2020. Therefore, the article is up-to-date and has valuable on-going discussions in the Talk section. The article has a well-written introduction to the history and abstract of the topics; however, the remaining contents are raw and unfinished. To improve this article, more edits on history and future sections are external. The article should avoid too much bullet points listing, but instead include more writing. The contents are relevant but are not detailed enough. The article should include a few more sections to give a better review of space technology. For instance, it can add a section of current space technology and a section of related companies, institutions, and organizations. Additional visuals are necessary to help to illuminate the topics. The article can add more details on its current contents, for instance, scientists or achivements on history section.


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Astronaut training


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is overall well-written with sufficient supports from its contents of the topics. It has been rated as C-Class article, mid-importance article and WikiProject Articles for creation. However, the material has obvious grammar, structure, and accessibility issues that require improvements. It also lacks a content section for the history of the topic. To further improve the article, it should include correct in-text citations.


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
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