User talk:Adommal/sandbox

Hi Alyssa,

How will you fit these additions into the existing article? I think the material is very good, but the paragraphs don't fit together in the order that they're written, and I wonder where you plan on adding them.

For Berkeley, California

Although beautifully written, I think some of your writing is too figurative and story-like for Wikipedia. Words like "tremendous" and "the most dramatic event" aren't necessary.

I'm wondering what happened to the people that became homeless due to the wildfire.

How does the increasing suburban population connect to homelessness?

Your third paragraph starts with "events," what events?

Your sentence about dumping homeless patients out of hospitals at the end is great, but I don't know if it fits in this article. You could put that in the homelessness in the US article since it is not specific to Berkeley and link "Homelessness in the US" in your Berkeley, CA article.

Your edits are very informed and interesting. I learned a lot that I didn't know about Berkeley, and I'm glad that this is being added to Wikipedia!

For Homelessness in the United States:

I think you should add the details about the economic implications of not caring for the homeless in hospitals from the Berkeley article here.

What are some of the reasons that homeless people that work aren't able to generate enough earnings to have a home?

Rachelannett (talk) 20:48, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

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Berkeley, Ca

In the first paragraph it might be nice to start the bit with a mention of homelessness and then go into the cause. Also be careful around the assumption that it was the most dramatic event of the decade because I think that could mean different things to different people. In the second paragraph, don’t forget to elongate “environs” to environment. In the third paragraph it might be nice to add some statistics in that provide the number of people homeless or the rates of homelessness etc. The fourth paragraph has a typo for alcohol. Also just curious what you mean by “street people” in this paragraph, could be nice to elaborate on. In the last paragraph of this section, I would add some sources for the last couple sentences as well.

Homelessness in the US:

I think after the second sentence you could condense some of the paragraph by adding in the specific stressors right there rather than in a later sentence. The whole second bit needs sources as well. You also could maybe link this bit to another page surrounding health care and/or add the difficulties that may lie in the homeless population receiving healthcare. In the second sentence of the second paragraph, excess words “in particular” could be removed. For this bit, I might even make a new section for health and homeless and focus in on the different mental and physical health challenges the homeless populations face.