User talk:Jacob DeSchepper/sandbox

Article Evaluation Rikers Island Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Everything in the article is relatively up to date. I do feel there needed to be more up to date information regarding sexual assault and officer brutality. Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? No only the above mentioned topics seemed to be missing more relevant information. What else could be improved? I don't think anything else should be improved Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Yes, the article appears to be neutral and unbiased. Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There viewpoints seem to focus on the abuse of prisoners, but seem to be justly presented not being too much or too little Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? Yes the links work and the sources do support the article. Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? When it comes to cases such as officer brutality the resources span from several news stations to statistics on the prison. The news stations seem to be the only biased information. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? No discussions have been made about the topic. How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is rated as a midclass level. It is part of Corrections and Detention Facilities and New York City. How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It's taken more of a public's view of the topic rather than someone working within the system viewing the outside. What are the demographics of Rikers Island?