User:Marleypirochta/sandbox

Wikipedia Article Selection

Area

San Francisco Bay Area

East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)

Berkeley, California

Sector

Bread Project - this page seems out of date and could use a large amount of updates. It would be nice to have a well-established and up-to-date Wikipedia page on my PE organization. Could bring in aspects of the other potential topics discussed below (social entrepreneurship, hybrid non- and for-profit models) to support the description of TBP's operations.

Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area - Under the "Current efforts to address the issue by region" sub-section

Social Enterprise - similar to above, could explore how social entrepreneurship in general is not limited to non- or for-profit structures, and can even by a hybrid. The key to being a "social enterprise" is maintaining a social goal at heart, which The Bread Project (based on my experience and understanding thus far) certainly does. It allows The Bread Project to exist because it financially supports the program.

Article Evaluation

Community Education

This article as flagged as having multiple issues, including a need for cleanup and a flawed intro paragraph, as well as not representing a worldwide view of the subject. Something that caught my attention is the fact that immediately after the introductory paragraphs, the next section jumps to "In the UK." It could potentially be helpful for me to add a section about in the United States or California, or perhaps even the Bay Area/East Bay. However, this still may not provide a "worldwide view," so I could perhaps research global sources on community education. Some other concerns include poor grammar and syntax, article structure, and relatively sparse citing. Even small tidbits of information appear to be drawn from assumptions, colloquialisms, or unnamed sources.

At one point, the article claims that, "Central to this [community education] is their ability to participate in democratic processes." Something to add - perhaps in the spirit of the Bread Project - is that it can also be to participate in the market. I feel that I could also greatly contribute to the "Role of the Professional" section, which is largely argumentative and theoretical and not grounded by reliable sources. It feels very opinion-heavy, as does the "Qualifications" section which includes no citations at all. Perhaps most concerning is the fact that only a few of the list of ten references lead to working sites.

In the talk page, the original author acknowledges that many of their sections will need improvement, including the fact that it is mostly grounded in a Scottish perspective. The most recent addition to the talk page was posted in December 2018 and is titled "Plan to Add new Section;" however, the section simply seems like a revised introduction paragraph that is perhaps more poorly written (choppy sentences, unclear, no citations).