User:Zhoulez/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
Lead Section
 * 500 Days of Summer
 * Article Evaluation (THIS WAS COPIED FROM MY ZHOULEZ/EVALUATE AN ARTICLE)

The article leads with an introductory sentence that concisely describes the genre of the film, the major contributors and actors to the film, and a short summary of the film. This introductory paragraph is concise and good as it gets straight to the point. The article is relevant to the topic of the movie and even explores the slow rise in popularity through its journey to fame. However, this article does not deal with Wikipedia’s equity gaps by addressing underrepresented topics. This movie is about two white people that fall in love and fall out of love, so it would be considered an overrepresented topic.

Content Tone and Balance

Based on the most of the article’s information being presented factually, this article is pretty neutral. However, there is a slight disagreement over the classification of its genre. The first paragraph states that it is a romantic comedy but the direction paragraph of the production section states that the director describes the film as a “coming of age” story rather than a “rom-com.” Perhaps, the first paragraph should be changed to a “coming of age” story to reflect the director’s wishes.

Sources and References

The sources and references for the article are backed up by legitimate secondary sources for movie articles like Rotten Tomatoes and newspapers like The Times. The sources are not current but that is because the film was made in 2009. In addition, the links work.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is organized very well, with the plot being the first major section while the cast, production, release, reception, soundtrack albums, and references following after. The first paragraph states all that a reader would need to know about the movie. The plot is written in a way that presents the facts without inserting a bias to the tone. The organization of the paragraphs are in order of importance-which I find is really helpful. For example, he marketing of the film is placed at the bottom of the production section. This placement makes it easier for readers that  want to know the general idea of the film but can choose to skip the more in-depth analysis of it if they want.

Images and Media

The article only has a few images and the images are well-captioned and enhance the understanding of the topic. However, the images are not laid out in a visually appealing way. I would want this article to have more images, especially more architectural pictures in reference to Tom’s love for architecture.

Talk Page Discussion

Surprisingly, the article’s talk page contains members from the Queen Mary University London editing team that conduct an in-depth edit of the movie. They edit “Tom’s new beau” to “crush” in acknowledgement that beau means boyfriend. To pay respect to Autumn’s pronouns, they amend “beau” to “crush,” a more gender neutral term. While I originally would have wanted to add the cultural impact of the rise in concept of a manic pixie dream girl emerging from this movie, the talk page addresses this. They discouraged adding content about the manic pixie dream girl discussion because it seemed like a “terrible neologism” to them and they believed that journalists make up new categories to give themselves something to write on. This comment was made by Horkana on December 6, 2009. In 2010, Horkana realized the director used the actual term of a manic pixie dream girl to explain Summer’s character. In my opinion, the concept of a manic pixie dream girl SHOULD be included in the page. This is one of the most popular movies to evoke film review channels to bring up the discussion of a manic pixie dream girl. This concept of a manic pixie dream girl perfectly describes the over-objectification of women by men in romance movies who are “hopeless romantics.” Rather than being in love with women, these men are in love with the idea of women and often villanize women that do not return the same feelings to them.

Overall Impressions

Overall, this article is very well-written and edited to account for gender neutral terms and objective facts. This article can be improved by expanding on its cultural impact since there was so much discussion surrounding a manic pixie dream girl that emerged as a result of it. This article’s complement is very well-developed and provide thorough details of the production, background information, and even architecture of the film.
 * Sources
 * https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/16/500-days-of-summer
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2i96G6Kwk&ab_channel=MoviesUnderTheSurface
 * https://observer.com/2019/07/500-days-of-summer-10-year-anniversary-controversy-revisited/

Option 2

 * Influencer Marketing
 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead Section
 * The article leads with a definition of what influencer marketing is and makes a comparison of influencer content to testimonial advertising. This is correct and straight to the point.
 * Content
 * The content is riddled with psychological and business content from psychologists, business people and writers. Rather than putting forth their names and theories as the main content, I would try to write content without mentions of names to include a more neutral tone of what the facts and evidence are.
 * Tone and Balance
 * The tone holds a slightly negative perception of influencer marketing. There needs to be a more neutral tone. However, I do appreciate that the page presents a more in-depth analysis of the topic beyond the surface level. It notes that an individual that has many followers does not indicate they have much influence but only that they have followers. This presents another perspective (that is true) when it comes to influencer marketing.
 * Sources and References The sources and references for the article are backed up by academic articles and legitimate secondary sources that work. However, the article randomly mentions psychologists, marketers, and business people with a tone that we should know them. While I do know some of the people they mention, the article should stray away from using these people's names and put forth the main theories and concepts these individuals state.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * The organization is written more like an essay and the sections seem unorganized. This article seems to be all over the place when it comes to organization. I would try to section it better and place certain sections above other sections to signify its level of importance over other sections. Some details are irrelevant in my opinion. The three types of influencers mentioned by the identifying influencers page takes from Malcom Gladwell's concept. This seems biased and I would organize this section in relation to the fields of influencers: lifestyle, fashion, gaming, etc. alongside the types: micro, macro, mega, etc. Gladwell's concept seems outdated and relates too much to traditional business influencer marketing.
 * Images and Media The article only has two images and do not enhance the understanding of the topic. One of the pictures is of Chiara Ferragni-almost unrecognizable as she is brunette in the photo. Chiara Ferragni's blog title was the Blonde Salad, in reference to her blonde hair. This photo must have been taken ages ago and needs to be updated. While Chiara Ferragni is undoubtedly one of the most successful influencers, most of Generation Z do not know who she is. She is popular among millenials. Perhaps, this page needs an image of a more popular influencer that the general population knows beyond generational gaps (e.g. Kylie Jenner). The second photo is of a keyboard-which really adds nothing to understanding the topic.
 * Talk Page Discussion The talk page describes my exact impressions of the article. This article is essay-like and not very clear. This page provides opinionated articles and sources with no significance to the topic. I would also like to see more of what an influencer is and not what they might be.
 * Overall Impressions Overall, this article is not well-written and not edited to account for evidence-based support claims and does not uphold a neutral tone. This article can be improved by adjusting its tone to represent a tone of neutrality, inserting images of more up-to-date and popular influencers, and using more legitimate sources to back up objective facts of what influencer marketing entails. In the talk page, I would also add references to the types of influencers there are and apply this edit to reflect on the actual page. Finally, I would add a feminist angle to this topic by demonstrating how this field is predominately dominated by women and how women have greatly benefitted economically from this field. Despite the majority of influencers being female, influencer analytics reveal that men earn more than women still even on social media.
 * Sources
 * https://influencermarketinghub.com/types-of-influencers/
 * https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherleighton/2020/01/16/study-finds-a-pay-gap-between-male-and-female-influencers/
 * https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherleighton/2020/01/16/study-finds-a-pay-gap-between-male-and-female-influencers/

Option 3

 * Elections in China
 * Lead Section
 * The article leads with a concise summary of how elections operate within the People's Republic of China. I like how the lead section also mentions that the NPC Standing Committee may alter laws passed by the NPC when the NPC is not in section as it mentions that this is significant because the Standing Committee meets more frequently than the NPC. From this detail, readers can observe that the NPC Standing Committee actually has quite a bit of power than assumed.
 * Content
 * The holds a good amount of content to explore the different types of elections in China and how the voting and structures variate with the different types of elections.
 * Tone and Balance
 * Some of the language used in this article may be biased as a bulk of content in relation to Chinese politics is skewed negatively in Western media. One of the sentences that stood out to me was "China is among few contemporary party-led dictatorships to not hold any direct elections at the national level." A large portion of political academics consider China to be a single-party dictatorship but others may disagree with this. "Dictatorship" is a strong term so I would suggest a more neutral term representative of a generally agreed on classification of its political system. For instance, Bloomberg claims that China is not a dictatorship as the CCP "listens to the public." The Washington Post refuted this by saying that independent thinkers are still not tolerated. Both sides can make their case but whether they operate under dictatorship is really up to interpretation. Thus, it is best to use a more neutral term.
 * Sources and References
 * The sources and references for the article are backed up by legitimate academic articles and some secondary sources. However, this article does name drop some people who I do not know. Wikipedia articles should avoid doing this. For example, the article inserts a quote made by Rory Truex in the lead section but the reader does not know who Rory Truex is. I googled Rory Truex and he is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University, focusing on China. While it is impressive that he is teaching Chinese politics at Princeton University, he is not a major figure in Chinese politics or a Chinese politician for his quote to be inserted in the lead section. I would recommend to paraphrase the sentence and cite him as a reference instead of directly quoting him. Other than the name drop, some of the academic articles cited in the article contain biased titles. For instance, ""Juking the Stats? Authoritarian Information Problems in China," "The Power of Instability," and "We Have a Fake Election" sound heavily biased.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * The article is well-organized and well-written. The article splits up the types of elections within China and how it operates/functions.
 * Images and Media The article only has two images and do not really enhance the understanding of the topic. The first image is of Mao Zedong casting his vote. I would maybe switch it to the current President Xi Jinping to reflect the present period. The second image is captioned as a list of voters in a neighbourhood in Guangdong. I think this caption needs to be more specific. Why are they choosing Guangdong? Who are these voters? Are they Congress members, regular citizens, and what type of election is this? These are all questions running though my head that are unanswered.
 * Talk Page Discussion The talk page brings up relevant points to fact checks and source bias checks. The page mentions a problem with labelling 23 provinces since that would be counting Taiwan. Whether Taiwan is a part of mainland China is a controversial topic so I would stray away from editing this. Maybe I would just say provinces instead of quantifying the number to avoid this topic.
 * Overall Impressions Overall, this article is well-organized but it should present a more neutral tone and more neutral articles and sources. I would add women's suffrage as a section to this article to provide a feminist angle. There is no Wikipedia page dedicated to women's suffrage in China, so I would add it to this article.


 * Sources
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/04/michael-bloomberg-said-china-isnt-dictatorship-is-he-right/

Option 4

 * Tokenism
 * Lead Section
 * The article leads with a concise summary of what tokenism is and addresses the racialized and gendered elements of it. This is a good summary for someone to understand right away.
 * Content
 * I was surprised that such an important topic had such little content. The Wikipedia Talk page ranked it as a start-class. I would add more examples and a more in-depth analysis by citing academic references within gender studies to discuss tokenism's impacts on culture and I would also cover the positive and negative consequences of it.
 * Tone and Balance
 * The language used in this article is neutral.
 * Sources and References
 * The sources and references for the article are backed up by legitimate academic articles and some secondary sources. However, some articles need additional citations for verification. I would add more recent sources under more recent sections like television representation. While this article name-drops a Harvard professor, I like how it specified the title of the person that quoted it. In addition, this name was mentioned in one of the sub-sections rather than a main section, making it more appropriate as the quote used explained the sub-section well.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * The article is well-organized and well-written. The article splits up the history of tokenism, how it evolved, and where it is found. It also sections off areas in which we see tokenism demonstrated to enhance the reader's understanding more. This clean style of organization makes it easier for the reader to read.
 * Images and Media
 * The article has no images. I would upload an image of a token friend from a marginalized community from a movie to enhance the reader's understanding.
 * Talk Page Discussion
 * The talk page brings up different perspectives to the subject of tokenism. One of the points that stood out to me was someone's point about how tokenism also served an educational basis to inform the masses despite grouping ethnic and racial groups into a narrow representation.
 * Overall Impressions Overall, this article is well-organized and well-written but lacks content, in-depth analyses on topics, sources, and images.


 * Sources
 * https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/gbf (I would add a picture of this film to raise an example of tokenism)

Option 5

 * Anti-Asian racism in France
 * Article Evaluation
 * Lead Section
 * The article leads with only one sentence explaining what anti-racism in France is. I would add more to this and expand on why this is occurring.
 * Content
 * There is little content on anti-Asian racism in France. In fact, most of the content pertains to examples and instances hate crimes/racism occurred. The content also name drops too many people. The history section is completely empty, so I would add to it by reading academic articles on Asian stereotyping and discrimination in France to add to it. I would also add some academic psychology articles on this. In addition, I would search some newspaper articles on racism against Asians in the past.
 * Tone and Balance
 * The article is presented with evidence-based examples rather than an analysis of the actual topic. I would avoid compiling that many examples within the general section of the article and explore the general theme of it in a neutral tone.
 * Sources and References
 * The links work but the sources and references are in French. Unfortunately, I do not understand French. I would add some English articles so that English readers can further research the topic in English.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * The article lacks content to evaluate whether the organization is good. There needs to be more sub-sections for such an important topic.
 * Images and Media
 * The article has no images. I would upload an image of victims of hate crimes/racism (nothing too graphic) to enhance the understanding.
 * Talk Page Discussion
 * There is nothing in the talk page discussion.
 * Overall Impressions Overall, this article has too little content. I would have to write the re-write the entire article to enhance readers' understanding of it. I would add a history section, images, and add sub-sections on the implications, the effects, and what is being done about it.


 * Sources
 * https://www.euractiv.com/section/non-discrimination/news/alex-sr-covid-19-pandemic-exposed-racism-against-asians-in-france/
 * https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318379079_Race_and_racism_in_France
 * https://www.gouvernement.fr/sites/default/files/contenu/piece-jointe/2018/06/national_plan_against_racism_and_anti-semitism_2018-2020.pdf
 * I would use these articles/readings to explore anti-Asian racism in France.