User:JennaTrauff/Choose an Article

Article Selection

Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

Article title: "Chicano Movement"
Article Evaluation: The three links I evaluated all worked which was great. The links took me to a website called "Internet Archive" which is a non-profit online library that has Ebooks available. The publishers of the books were Duke University, Harvard University, and University of Texas, so they seem to be reliable sources. However, the website "Internet Archive" only gives a preview of each book, so you cannot actually go into the book to review the facts presented in the Wikipedia article. You can sign up for the website for free to access the full texts, but this is just another barrier for editors on Wikipedia to review sources and certain facts. Based on the publishers of these sources, though, I think they are most likely reliable.
Sources: https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0; https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0

Option 2

Article title: "Taíno"
Article Evaluation: There was a source linked from the US Census Bureau website, so I was excited to see what was used from that source; however, when I clicked on the link, the website said the page is no longer available or has been moved, so I am unable to check its credibility. The other two sources I checked are reliable; one of them is from the Smithsonian Magazine and the other is from a website called Nature. They both seem to be neutral and do not carry any biases. The facts presented within the Wikipedia article are appropriately referenced.
Sources: https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0; https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0

Option 3

Article title: "Chicana/o Studies"
Article Evaluation: Everything that is included in the article is relevant, however, there are major content gaps in different places in the article. Specifically, in the history section, there are gaps of information between different decades. The “History” section has large gaps. It excludes the 90s, the 2000s, and the 2020s. The short paragraph for the 2010s also needs elaboration. The “Ideological approaches” section also could have other approaches added besides Pragmatism and Perspectivism. Even though both approaches are introduced with signal phrases, the addition of other ideologies can be beneficial for the article. For example, the Chicanismo approach could be added do better the article. Some of the sources’ links do not work, so we can try to find the correct links for these sources, so it is easier for other Wikipedia editors to evaluate this article. There is a section that only looks at Curtis Acosta’s viewpoint, and he is seen as a scholar, however, in the Scholars section of the article, he is not listed. The lead section is satisfactory as it follows the Wikipedia guidelines. It provides basic information and history of the Chicano/a Studies which originated from the Chicano/a Movement. It also gives a brief summary of the article. I tried to use the first link for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies and it did not work; the link brought up a "Page Not Found" message. The second link I checked did work for me, however, the actual information used in the Wikipedia article is found in a PDF file that was linked at the bottom of the cited page. The source is definitely reliable; it came from Michigan State University where the Julian Samora Research Institute is located where they apply their research to the needs of Latino communities. The source seems to be neutral, and the facts in the article are referenced appropriately. The other source I looked at for this article was a NYTimes article. This is a problem for other editors to check this source because you have to have a subscription to NYTimes to view the article, so it is hard to tell whether it is a good source or not. However, since it is just an article on NYTimes, it does not have the same sense of reliability that I think an academic article would have.
Sources: https://www.proquest.com/openview/af4b92b29ead30633107bae9e9e12220/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y; https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0

Option 4

Article title: "Native American Name Controversy"
Article Evaluation: The links all work well. The article may be a little biased Native Americans, so I feel like I can find articles to balance this out. The article has a lot of sections, but all of the sections are very short, showing possible content gaps, so I think I can go in and build these sections out.
Sources: https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0; https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0

Option 5

Article title: "Encomienda"
Article Evaluation: This is rated as a C-class article. Many of these sources are in Spanish, which may be an issue for English speakers, so I can try to find more English articles on this topic. This article looks like there are a few sections that I may be able to build out more.
Sources: https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0; https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cupsoc/chicano_studies/0