Talk:Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): CUBSGRL, Rachelernst88, Achicago88, Alex ozo. Peer reviewers: Theynostaydead, Mhoust4, MLancer1496, RUbeandip, Kwiatek1212.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 17:24, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review

Peer Review Theynostaydead

The lead is short and informs what the foundation does. I would edit the first sentence as is runs on. End it after “… Rizzo. It is what we need to know about the organization. Maybe add the total proceeds and add it to the lead.
The second paragraph comes right from their mission statement which is fine, but the paragraph deals more with Rizzo than with the organization. I might trim it the section down to one paragraph. Tie it in to the foundations background.
Two of the reference links lead to Nexis Lexis articles, which cannot be reached by many people.
Here are the links to those references outside of Nexis Lexis
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170302/news/170309792/ for #9
http://med.miami.edu/news/donation-from-the-anthony-rizzo-family-foundation-to-benefit-lymphoma-resea for #10
The article is organized well and easy to read. I like how many wiki articles it links to as well, easy to follow to other pages if need be.
In order to improve the page you could find a way to organize the donation section into chronological order.

Theynostaydead (talk) 16:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review Houston

Some unnecessary information that doesn't contribute to your pagge-i.e. the specific kind of charity it is (501c3)
Your "history" section reads a little bit like a novel or short story, not an informational piece.
Watch your grammar-many tiny grammatical errors scattered throughout, makes work seems rushed and unedited- you say.
Keep tense consistent throughout your writing- you switch a lot between present, past and future
Your writing seems more like a documentary piece or advertising for the organization, not an objective informational piece
Your piece has a lot of great information and is well sourced, you did a really great job of establishing credibility
Watch your tone- sometimes you do a really great job of sounding like a wikipedia article, other times not so much
Your introduction was brilliant, really good job of purely stating what the foundation is without too much detail or sounding like an advertisement

Mhoust4 (talk) 03:57, 17 April 2018 (UTC)Mhoust4[reply]

Peer Review Kwiatek1212

I think that it would be useful for you to hyperlink 501(c)(3) so that people who don't know what that is can easily find out
I might reword the Background section. Words like "overcome" and "declared" and "finally" don't come off as neutral to me. There also appear to be some grammatical errors. The second paragraph of this section comes off as a bit of an advertisment
Lowercase "the" at the beginning of the last sentence in the first paragraph of the background section
The quote from Rizzo in the Proceed section ("he remembers talking about...) is unneccessary
Check grammar in the Proceed section, particularly in the sentence that starts "The cancer center that Rizzo donated to children and adolescents..."
- Be careful of future tense in the sentence following the above sentence
Watch for grammar errors and future tense in the last few paragraphs under Proceeds

Kwiatek1212 (talk) 05:42, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think it is necessary to put “ 501(c)(3)” in the first sentence, it sounds confusing because a lot of people don’t know what those numbers mean.
I would add the formation date to the lead paragraph.
In the background section, link Boston Red Sox Organization because they have their Wiki page.
Background section: “Through his and his families battle with cancer, the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation was formed”. First, “famillies” is not grammatically correct. Second, I would start the sentence with The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation was formed through…
Background section, second paragraph, first three sentences: I don’t think that these sentences fit Wiki format and are necessary at all. Wikipedia needs facts, not a life story and feelings.
Background section: “ Currently, the organization is run by Anthony Rizzo himself as well as his family and management team, with Rizzo being the leader and overseer.” I would rewrite the sentence or just delete the last part of it. It is not necessary to mention Rizzo twice. Just put the fact that he is the leader in the first part of the sentence when you say that he runs the organization.
Proceeds section, fourth paragraph: “$500, 000 of the $650,000 donated will go “-missed word money.
Proceeds section, fifth paragraph: “The event was be named”- word “be” is not needed.
Proceeds section, seventh paragraph: “After the foundation's donation, the research clinic named a Hematology Oncology waiting room after the foundation”- the sentence does not make sense.

Lauraski (talk) 00:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review: by RUbeandip

Expand the sponsors and contributor section with as factual and bland information as possible.
Double check for run on sentences
Change words such as "declare", "benefiting", "desire" found in the Background Section.
When phrases such as "majority of proceeds" were used, try to give an exact amount.
Within the Proceeds section, "The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation has helped raise money for families of victims of the Parkland community" give more exact information of how exactly they helped.
Make sure direct quotes are necessary
References added up and looked good!
Some of the article seems more of a promotion rather than factual information detailing what exactly the foundation is.
Watch out when talking with his "battle with cancer" make it as emotionless as possible (which is terrible to say but we all know how WIKI is..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by RUbeandip (talk • contribs) 16:24, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RUbeandip (talk) 18:11, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review MLancer1496

The grammar needs some work, there are minor errors scattered across the article.
Be watchful for run-on sentences.
The language of the article reads well, but it isn't encyclopedic. There are several words that could insinuate bias.
Some parts of the article should be trimmed. There are some pieces of information that aren't really beneficial.
Perhaps rewriting the background section into a history section would work better. Focus more on the background/history of the organization itself rather than Rizzo.
Split the last section to better organize it. Perhaps include other donations (Non-cancer) the organization has done into its own section.
Honestly the article is well done but it needs work to make this go from a good article into a great article. Grammar and organization is key here. There are some pieces of info that could be their own sections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MLancer1496 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]