User talk:Ethanpak/sandbox

Peer Review- Rachel
Hi Ethan! Overall, I was able to learn a lot through your draft contributions to the article "Political polarization in the United States," because your information was clearly written and easily understandable. Out of curiosity, the sources you provided helped and allowed me to explore more about a point that you mentioned; specifically, it was concerning political polarizing conversations surrounding COVID-19. I appreciate how your contributions and sources are credible and up to date as well.

Article Contribution Tone

 * Is it encyclopedic? Yes, it is written in an academically formal language.

Easily Understood Lead Section

 * Looking at the lead by itself, do I feel satisfied that I know the importance of the topic? Yes
 * Looking at the lead again after reading the rest of the article, does the lead reflect the most important information? Yes
 * Does the lead give more weight to certain parts of the article over others? Is anything missing? Is anything redundant? No, the lead does not give more weight to certain parts of the article than others. I do not feel anything is missing or redundant.

A Clear Structure

 * Are the sections organized well, in a sensible order? yes
 * Would they make more sense presented some other way (chronologically, for example)? No

Balanced Coverage

 * Is each section's length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Yes
 * Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic? Nope
 * Does the article reflect all the perspectives represented in the published literature? Yes, reflected the cited sources well
 * Are any significant viewpoints left out or missing? No
 * Does the article draw conclusions or try to convince the reader to accept one particular point of view? No, the article draft has no biases

Neutral Content

 * Do you think you could guess the perspective of the author by reading the article? No
 * Are there any words or phrases that don't feel neutral? No
 * Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? No

Reliable Sources
Rachelkmoy (talk) 05:54, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors? The statements in the article are supported by reliable and credible sources.
 * Are there a lot of statements attributed to one or two sources? No, the article draft is balanced with support and evidence from many sources.
 * Are there any unsourced statements in the article, or statements that you can't find stated in the references? No

Peer Review for Political Polarization in the US
Hello Ethan! I felt that the contributions you will be making are important to mention in this topic. I’m doing an article on the same topic but on a different country, that’s why I wanted to let you know that some of the articles you have chosen are very informative, and can help me for the general definition of polarization. This article is the only article written on political polarization of a country, so it is my reference article as well. While I was reading it, I had thought that 1990-present can be actually divided into further groups. For example the polarization prior to 2016 elections may be a good place to dig deeper. Also in my article I will be focusing on social media under the subtopic of media, maybe you can consider it as well. I hope this helps! Beril gur (talk) 13:00, 13 October 2020 (UTC)