User:Zstillman/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.


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Always-on DRM


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is basically a single section of words about the usage and criticism of always on drm. The article does not talk at all about the legal implications of always on drm and the effect it has on legal concepts of ownership of software or things. The article is written pretty skewed against always on DRM and mostly focuses on the negatives of implementation of such and instances in which it has been received negatively. There are no good scholarly sources of any kind and almost every source is a news article or blog post. The talk page basically parrots my first evaluation of this article regarding the one section not giving a very high level overview of the subject.


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Online piracy


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content of this article is a little bit unrelated to the subject as it goes into a little bit of a history of non online content piracy. There is nothing in the article about legal implications of violations of laws against the subject, and it only rly talks about ethics of content stealing and the benefit and scope of such. The article is written pretty neutrally but maybe slightly skewed in favor of the openness and benefits of free unrestricted sharing of content and pirating. Each claim in the article does have a citation and the sources used are mostly scholarly articles and articles from business journals and books. The talk page has a sassy battle about the name of the article and people arguing about the usage of the term piracy.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Homemade firearm


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is decently neutral and relevant to the subject. it talks mostly about the political controversy surrounding the subject and some about the legislation in place regarding it and current pending legislation. The article does not talk about any of the real legal implications of homemade firearms. It does cite to a few good sources including a law review article and some primary sources. The citations are somewhat reliable but a lot of them are to news articles and blogs of institutions. Each claim in the article is supported by citations. There is nothing really in the talk page.


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Brand piracy


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article's content is relevant to the subject but a very surface level exploration of the concept. There is nothing related to the legal side of this issue and penalties and remedies available to those who fall victim. The article uses some okay scholarly sources and a few news articles but nothing too reliable or generally applicable outside of specific instance cases and explorations of such. The talk page is pretty deserted and hasnt been touched in a while. The article doesnt really cover any of wikipedia's equity gaps. the conten of the article is written neutrally but does not explore much outside the concept.


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is written pretty neutrally but sections other than the timelines are a little big and incomplete. Most of the citations are to news articles and such because of the nature of the subject as being pretty new and actively developing. The majority of claims in the article are supported with citations. The content is relevant and it mostly follows development and propagation of masks in the us during the covid pandemic.


 * Sources