User talk:Tk322101/sandbox

Names of each user:

Robert DiLeo is user "rcd5306"

Thomas Kim is user "Tk322101"

Esh Pandellapalli is user "Eshp123"

Audience of the article
What should be the audience of our article? Rcd5306 (talk) 05:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)rcd5306

I was thinking that we could choose an audience that we could quantitatively appeal to, like people who want to snack on a diet/eat healthier. Then we could pull in facts about nutrition/ingredients. Issue is that I don't think it would be appropriate for the foods we chose because we all chose junk food, and it would basically be about which is the least unhealthy, rather than which is healthy. We could also choose college students as our audience, even though that's probably an easy one that other groups may be doing. With college kids we can talk about the convenience of the packaging, cost, availability, etc. Tk322101 (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I feel like doing snack foods on people on a diet wouldn't work too well, but College kids could be a good audience because most of the snacks we chose are cost efficient. Rcd5306 (talk) 05:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

Another interesting perspective we could take is the environmental impact or how ethically made the snacks are, or how ethical/environmentally friendly the company that makes the snack is. However, I still feel like college kids are a good audience because we can use our personal experiences, which we wrote about in the journal, more effectively. Tk322101 (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Let's take a vote on whether to choose college students as our main audience or to continue discussing more options. Tk322101 (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I feel like College students is a good audience for this specific article. Rcd5306 (talk) 05:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

I am in favor of choosing college students as our audience. Tk322101 (talk) 04:59, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Alright, college students will be our main audience moving forward. Tk322101 (talk) 05:00, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Criteria to focus on
What criteria should we focus on to rank our foods, and to stay relevant to our audience of college students? Tk322101 (talk) 05:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I would say cost is definitely one of the most important criteria, then maybe availability. Rcd5306 (talk) 05:03, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

I agree with cost and availability, though I'm concerned on how to handle availability. Maybe since all the snacks we chose are pretty much available in every supermarket, we could just mention that briefly in every section. On the topic of cost, I think it would be good to talk about how much the snack costs in school convenience stores, in addition to what they usually cost in normal retail. That may be difficult to research, though. I think if we did this it would be beneficial to narrow our audience down to Penn State Main Campus students, as we would have the specific information needed. If we talk about other things such as how easy it is to prepare/cook, then information such as how the dorms are set up would also work in our favor. Tk322101 (talk) 05:15, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

That sounds good to me, how do you wanna set up the sections. Rcd5306 (talk) 05:27, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

I think we should give each section its own header, and then have sub-headers for specific criteria. We could list all the criteria and the rankings in the introduction. Tk322101 (talk) 05:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

List of criteria:

-Cost (Both on campus and in normal stores)

-Availability

-Convenience (how easy the snack is to eat, store, make, etc)

Tk322101 (talk) 07:07, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Ranking of Snack Foods
How should we rank the snack foods

I think we should list each subsection from best to worst, and each section's header should be formatted like: 1) Kraft Mac and Cheese. Tk322101 (talk) 17:39, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Should we give a brief explanation why too Rcd5306 (talk) 17:45, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

In regards to the actual ordering, I think it should go 1) Oreos, 2) Doritos, 3) Chicken Nuggets, and 4) Mac and Cheese. Oreos don't require cooking and aren't messy to eat. They are also not significantly more expensive than any other snack food, so I think that given our criteria, it is the best snack food. Doritos follow the same principles, but they can be messy to eat because they get all over your fingers, and the bag is not resealable so you need a clip. Chicken nuggets and mac both require some level of "cooking", but chicken nuggets don't require utensils to eat and I think that washing a plate of chicken nuggets is a lot less messy than washing a bowl of mac and cheese. Also, correct me if I'm wrong but I think preparing the chicken nuggets is easier and takes less time. Tk322101 (talk) 17:45, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I completely agree with you Rcd5306 (talk) 17:51, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

Should we create another section for the rankings. Rcd5306 (talk) 17:51, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

We could do that but I think it would be simpler to incorporate the reasoning for the ordering into each subsection. Tk322101 (talk) 17:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I generally agree with the rankings, and I should probably go back and edit this in, but for the mac and cheese cups, they come in individual single-use bowls that can be thrown away once used. Eshp123 (talk) 17:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Actually I didn't see that the mac and cheese was mac and cheese cups, not box mac and cheese. In that case I think it should be number 3 instead because it comes in a disposable container. Tk322101 (talk) 17:58, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I didnt realize that its the mac and cheese with the plastic container either. So yea switch nuggets and mac and cheese Rcd5306 (talk) 18:00, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

Editing Section: Introduction
Post any edits you would like to make and discuss about in here. Tk322101 (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Instead of using "kids" we could "students".Eshp123 (talk) 18:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I think that we could be able to add some exigence to the introduction. Tk322101 (talk) 18:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing Subsection: Oreo's
Post any edits you would like to make and discuss about in here. Tk322101 (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I think that the correct terminology is "Oreo's" instead of "Oreos", what are your opinions on this? Should this be changed? Tk322101 (talk) 18:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing Subsection: Doritos
Post any edits you would like to make and discuss about in here. Tk322101 (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I added the prices of doritos to this subsection Rcd5306 (talk) 18:19, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306

In order to reflect our chosen criteria, I think it would be beneficial to add the convenience factor as well as availability. Tk322101 (talk) 18:22, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing Subsection: Mac and Cheese Cups
Post any edits you would like to make and discuss about in here. Tk322101 (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I think to stay consistent with structure across our subsections, a there should be general overview of what kraft mac and cheese cups are. Tk322101 (talk) 18:35, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing Subsection: Chicken Nuggets
Post any edits you would like to make and discuss about in here. Tk322101 (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I added why it ranks lower than Kraft mac and cheese cups. Tk322101 (talk) 18:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I think in order to keep the article unified, the first person pronouns should be changed. Tk322101 (talk) 18:50, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Agreed Rcd5306 (talk) 18:55, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Rcd5306