User talk:Elizaswack/Choose an Article

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This is a solid range of articles to be looking at for this project! I'll give some initial thoughts on each of them below.

Free solo climbing: This is actually fairly well-developed for a start-class article. It might be worth adding a "public reception" or "media reception" section, although that is more common in articles for a single film or music recording, and can be a tricky line to walk to avoid bias. Finding more strong sources beyond the one film (which is already in the article's reflist and has its own separate Wikipedia article, although that doesn't mean there isn't more that can be used from it to improve this article) would be a critical component of deciding whether to pursue this article as your project.

Cocaine intoxication is a medical condition/set of effects that falls into the category of articles Wikipedia generally steers student editors away from. I can see the withdrawal section and also possibly the symptoms and lead sections needing additional information if you can find sources that give you this information. I don't see that generalizing groups of people most likely to use cocaine fits into this particular article, and would be very challenging to include without some appearance of bias. If you do choose to focus on this topic, there is an additional training Wikipedia asks anyone working on medical articles to complete--please let me know and I will send you the link to it.

Pacific Northwest Trail: This article does have some opportunity for expansion. I would look at things like usage limitations (bikes, horses, camping, etc.), thru-hiking (it's more than a single day hike...what do accommodations look like for thru hikers), and maybe things like pop-culture (film or song, etc.) appearances and future plans for the trail. The "how to prepare and when to go" angle is a bit more individualized and will a) likely be hard to find definitive sources for and b) steps a bit outside the purpose of an encyclopedia article.

Dreamcatcher and Gay pride flag of South Africa both look like excellent possibilities to me. They are clearly underdeveloped, and seem like they should have some good sources available. I would recommend one of these two as your best opportunity to make significant article improvements in this project. Whichever one you can find the best range of sources for and have the clearest ideas for what to add, update, and/or expand is very likely your best option. Nicoleccc (talk) 18:05, 21 October 2019 (UTC)