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Alex Tran

Hi all! My name is Alex Tran and I am in UGBA 192AC.

Article evaluation

March For Our Lives (also known as MFOL) started after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting back in February of 2018. The march specifically took place on March 24, 2018, led by students around the world pushing for gun-reform legislation.

• I believe that the ordering of all the information was well put together. This article begins with the planning of the event (referencing the weeks that transpired after the shooting and how the teens at Stoneman Douglas responded). In addition, this section mentions the celebrity support that was behind the event. Then, it references the participation and responses from both supporters and the opposition. One of the tools that were essential to this movement was social media. This is referenced on the Wikipedia page. The last section is Locations. In my opinion, this section was extremely confusing due to the wide range of one sentence information, as well as the wide range of work cited information.
• The entirety of the article provides developed information on what the MFOL stands for. In the response section, there is reference to the NRA, politicians, and media. In my opinion, although I would not define this article as biased, I believe that there should be more information in the NRA and politician section that is equivalent to the facts provided for the information about the MFOL. Furthermore, I think there should be a section in the responses about what the advocates for gun reform think.
• Therefore, I believe that the NRA and politician section in responses is underrepresented.
• This article is linked to over 370+ links and the ones I checked works well.
• The facts referenced are appropriate and range from a variety of news sources including ABC, NBC, and other local news sources. The information is not out of date as it is mostly from 2018.
• When looking at the Talk page of the article, the majority of the conversations are based on the article structure. For example, one of the diagrams in the Talk page is a map that shows where MFOL movements are occurring.
• This article is part of the following projects and is rated as follows:
  • WikiProject Firearms --> show(Rated C-class, Low-importance)
  • WikiProject Politics/Gun politics --> show(Rated B-class, Mid-importance)
  • WikiProject Sociology/ Social Movements --> show(Rated B-class, Mid-importance)
  • WikiProject United States/ District of Columbia --> show(Rated C-class, Low-importance)

Required (Not optional as stated on WikiEdu.org): https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:March_for_Our_Lives&action=edit

Possible articles to work on

1. Lauren Greenfield##likeagirl - The only reference to the Like A Girl campaign and social movement is a small section in Lauren Greenfield's Wikipedia page. This is due to the fact that Greenfield is the director, but it pays tribute to how the movement is used to de-stigmatize the term "Like A Girl". This commercial and movement began during Super Bowl XLIX, and has seen some support by celebrities. I believe that the current status of the movement provided by Wikipedia is not representative of the entire movement itself as highlighted in a UK-based case study. Therefore, I would work on this article and create a separate page in efforts to expand what is currently out there. Although this issue is important in my mind, there doesn't seem to be as many resources online, so this may prove to be an issue.
2. Black Lives Matter - The BLM Wikipedia page is extremely well developed with a variety of different points and stories. One of my favorite sections of this article page is the breaking down of the 2016 election and talking about how each political party referenced the movement. In addition, the Counter Slogans and Movements section provide a great insight as well. The All Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements have all been extremely controversial, so providing this insight is important to show all sides. The main thing that I would focus on changing would be providing more insight through statistics around the BLM movement.
3. Ice Bucket Challenge - The Ice Bucket Challenge was a large challenge back in my middle school days that brought about the education of ALS, pushing individuals to share the challenge and raise funds to find a cure. The article on Wikipedia has a variety of different sections, referencing history, impact, and key examples. As referenced in the Talk page, there are a few opinion-based statements and the article needs to provide more details and facts about what has occurred through the movement. This would be one of the major changes that I would work to address. In addition, similarly to the BLM movement, I would provide more statistical information on what the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has done for ALS.

Finalizing a Wikipedia topic

For my Wikipedia assignment, I would like to create a separate page for the #likeagirl movement. There are currently only three small paragraphs under the Wikipedia page of director Lauren Greenfield. In my opinion, through breaking down the strategy of the campaign and the impact it had, I will be able to add meaningful information to the Wikipedia word. Some relevant sources hat I would utilize are:

1. https://always.com/en-us/about-us/our-epic-battle-like-a-girl: This website highlights the statistics between the benefits of empowering young girls through the idea of Girl Power.
2. https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-alwayss-like-a-girl-campaign-is-greatbut-its-also-deceptive: This website breaks down the deception that this campaign has. A big point that we had for Wikipedia is having unbias perspectives, so by utilizing this, we are able to offer more insight into the campaign overall.