User:Lonelyrhino/Choose an Article

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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

Chavez Ravine
Article Evaluation: The article itself is fairly extensive and the format is simple to follow starting with the Ravine's origin and how it gained its name and transitions to a chronological format to track how the ravine has changed particularly in ownership over time. I would make small modifications mainly with providing specific companies or people because at times it uses generic terms such as "local owners/inhabitants " or just some generic "company". Name the people, name the companies, it many not be intentional, but by not collecting this information it's creating an incomplete picture.
Sources: https://razorcake.org/dodger-blues-eminent-domain-and-the-broken-promises-in-chavez-ravine-by-todd-taylor/:https://dodgerblue.com/this-day-dodgers-history-walter-omalley-completes-purchase-land-build-dodger-stadium/2022/02/18/#:~:text=On%20Feb.,worth%20%2492%2C000%20at%20the%20time.:

Option 2

Article title: Zoot Suit Riots
Article Evaluation: The article itself is extremely informative. When it comes to the Zoot Suit riots their are a variety of complex factors that led to the riots and one I would like to contribute is the removal of people of Asian decent to internment camps. This sudden removal may have contributed to the US Navymen seemingly specifically singling out Mexican Americans and within the article itself it seems there is a disagreement on who was targeted specifically in these riots
Sources: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation:https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520261549/the-power-of-the-zoot:

Option 3

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Felix Z Longaria Jr.
Article Evaluation
The article itself is spectacular. The level of in depth analysis in regards to his family life as well as the situation following his service in the military and how that contributed to the whole chicano movement in the south is absolutely spectacular. If anything I would only want to add minor details such as how Senator LBJ ended up getting involved however again with this article there is very little to be sought after.
Sources

https://www.history.com/news/mexican-american-rights-longoria-lyndon-johnson-hector-garcia

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