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Practice here[edit]
According to Ray Lewis, Kapernick lost an opportunity to play for the Baltimore Ravens because of a racist tweet his girlfriend sent out. [1]
Evaluate Wikipedia: Ice Bucket Challenge[edit]
Lead Section: This part of the article was definitely concise and summarized the Wikipedia article in a coherent manner. It began by explaining what the Ice Bucket Challenge was with a brief description, followed by a few different variations of the challenge depending on geographic location. It also explained the rules of the challenge and the years it went viral. This first part was unbiased and straight to the point. It adhered to the requirements of good Wikipedia article.
Structure: the structure was very clear. There were several headings and subheadings. This made the article easy to follow. There was nothing in particular that was distracting and everything was relevant to the topic at hand.
Content: The content was well diversified and did not have one aspect of the topic that was too heavily discussed. For example, the sections were broken done in this order: History, Rules, Impact, and Criticism. Overall it was well balanced.
Coverage: again this article adhered to all of Wikipedia's policies as the topic was covered neutrally. Even when discussing any criticism, the article was simply explaining what the criticism was and not proving an opinion. It never referred to "some individuals" or any other vague descriptions but instead provide the names of the individuals directly involved.
Sources: All facts and the data provided came with footnotes that led to a reliable source. After checking a few of the sources (about 10 of 145 provided) they all appeared to be well rounded. There were a few news articles as well as a link that led to the ALS association page. Upon comparing the information provided within the article with the information from the sources they matched up perfectly. This further insured reliability. I did not find there to be any bias sources and even though some information came from the ALS association, the data checked out.
Talk Page: Upon examining the talk page I noticed a few things, it stated that this article was of interest to a few wikiprojects and that discussion on talk page was polite and civil. There was one instance where someone posted an old article and someone identified this and it was removed in a timely manner. All links for sources have also been checked to make sure they are in fact active and not dead. Finally, it was clear that the writers article have found common ground.
Below in notes section is a link to the article I have evaluated.
Article Draft:[edit]
Frank Yang and I are working on the draft on Diana Ddzhangiryan's Sandbox page.
Potential Article Edit:
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Information regarding the renewal of DACA for October 5th and Trump administration's lack of reminders
- Recent events that occurred in Los Angeles with protests blocking freeway
- http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-daca-demonstration-westwood-20171005-story.html
- This would be under the Reaction section in regards to the Trump administration's decision to rescind DACA
Choosing Possible Topics[edit]
- This article has section dedicated to the events and protests that occurred on February 1 at UC Berkeley. It also mentions the Free Speech Week that was supposed to be held this week but fails to acknowledge the fact that it was in fact cancelled. I would add information regarding Milo's 20 minute appearance and the costs that came along with it (800K). Described as the most expensive photo op in the universities history. His appearance was both detrimental in terms of monetary value but also in regards to the disruption and the series of protests that followed. Information regarding the lack of planning and ultimate cancellation of the event could also be added.
- In regards to immigration, there is no information regarding Milo's planned attempt to publicly name undocumented students at his UC Berkeley event.[2]
2) Gentrification of San Francisco, Gentrification
- Add information regarding the Tech world's impact on Gentrification in San Francisco as stated in [3]
- This information could be added to the Section in the article titled: "Presence of technology companies"
- The article describes a building that was rebranded by Facebook which led to the eviction of low income families
- This article also lacks information regarding the freeway battle which occurred in the 1950s and early 1960s. This information can be found in the article titled: Constructing San Francisco's Growth Control and Housing Rights Movements.
- A section that addresses immigrants impact on gentrification could added. Specifically information regarding the impact of Asian and Latino immigration on gentrification [4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ray-lewis-colin-kaepernicks-girlfriend-cost-job-baltimore-130747089.html%7Ctitle=Ray Lewis: Colin Kaepernick's girlfriend cost him a job in Baltimore|access-date=2017-09-06
- ^ "Milo Yiannopoulos 'planned to out undocumented students' at a university talk". The Independent. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
- ^ Levin, Sam (2016-09-21). "Low-income families face eviction as building 'rebrands' for Facebook workers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
- ^ "How "Gentrification" in American Cities Maintains Racial Inequality and Segregation | Scholars Strategy Network". www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
Article Evaluated: Talk:Ice Bucket Challenge