User:Emma.Fagan/Choose an Article
Article Selection[edit]
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.
Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples[edit]
Option 1[edit]
- Article title
- Federal Indian Policy
- Article Evaluation
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- Many claims do not have citations
- Sections are mostly just overviews of time periods and contain little specific information; "Westward expansion and Indian relocation," "Allotment and assimilation era (1887–1943)," and "Termination and relocation (1945–1960)" sections would be good options to expand and verify.
- Some adjustments could be made for more neutral language
- Essentially no activity on Talk page, doesn't seem to be an actively edited article
- More references to specific federal policy and actions could be helpful
- Sources
Option 2[edit]
- Article title
- Native American peoples of Oregon
- Article Evaluation
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- Possible suggestion: name change to "indigenous peoples of Oregon"??
- Some proposed subsections are entirely missing information - see "Pre-Columbian period," "Dispossession and the reservation system," and "Native Americans in contemporary Oregon"
- References section kind of has a wonky setup - footnotes and works cited instead of all in one.
- Population section also has a strange setup, with the table under "see also" and a list of links to all of the Wiki pages for the tribes listed.
- Updated/clearer maps could be very helpful
- Would adding the missing sections and working on reformatting information be enough for this assignment?
- Existing sections are told mostly from a rather racist white-settler perspective, the reason for which is explained under the Explorers subsection...could that explanation go in the intro to the History section? Also, is all the info from that perspective necessary? I feel like it doesn't give the most accurate representation of Native peoples, especially since it makes up the bulk of the information present. Could the history section be restructured to make more of an information balance?
- The lead section is very good, however.
- Could use a section on current-day relations between existing indig. nations and the state of Oregon
- Sources
Option 3[edit]
- Article title
- Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
- Article Evaluation
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- Article has subsections, but is completely missing information, for the history/culture/etc. of the tribes making up the confederation.
- Article is labeled as needing additional citations
- No information about current state of the confederation
- No maps
- Grammar is interesting in some places, could use revision
- Sources
African Politics[edit]
Option 1[edit]
- Article title
- Refugees in Angola OR Angolan Refugees.
- Article Evaluation
- - No current article exists; see related article for option 2
- Sources
Option 2[edit]
- Article title
- Illegal immigration to Angola
- Article Evaluation
- - Article contains two sentences
- - Poor grammar
- - Lots of citations for one phrase
- - Needs LOTS of expansion and improvement, possibly just complete rewrite
- Sources
Option 3[edit]
Article title[edit]
Article evaluation[edit]
- Article has five sentences
- Well cited
- Some information is vague, or the point isn't really understood to the reader.
Sources[edit]
Option 4[edit]
Article Title[edit]
Article Evaluation[edit]
- Article is well put-together
- Electoral system section is well written, Campaign section has interesting grammar
- May need more info on diaspora voting, election concerns, etc.
Sources[edit]
Option 5[edit]
Article Title[edit]
Angola–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations
Evaluation[edit]
- short article, could include a lot more history if possible
- two paragraphs alone focus on Congolese refugees; could move this into its own section and expand
- Good citations and grammar
Sources[edit]
Other Options[edit]
Politics of Angola OR Elections in Angola - Both of these are start-class articles of high importance; my main concern is how much I could contribute in a semester.
Energy in Angola - academic sources may be an issue
Mining industry of Angola - lots of academic sources on mining
Human rights in Angola - freedom of press OR refugee rights?
Human trafficking in Angola - add history?