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Article Evaluation: "Paul's Case"

Is this article relevant? Any distractions?

This article is relevant to the article topic. As for distractions, it mentions a "gay suicide" and "a young homosexual man". This stuck out to me because there was no talk in the story of Paul being a homosexual. It was interesting to see why they would have thought this, and that idea had never crossed my mind.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position

I think the article is neutral. It states all the important things in Paul's Case. There is nothing that is focused on more or anything that is heavily biased.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

I don't think that there is a viewpoint over presented. But the idea of Paul possibly being gay I think is under presented. For me at least, this was the fist time I had even heard of this idea and clearly there are articles and journals written about this thought, but it is not well known.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

All links work besides one. I was able to find a possible similar source that I think is the same thing they tried to submit. All citations are relevant.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

Each fact is referenced correctly and seem reliable. Information comes from the sources the publisher thought was relevant. The only thing is, when someone mentioned it came from a critical source, they didn't mention which source it came from. There were a couple of sources that were cited for the sexuality of Paul, and also of him having PTSD. It was just different to see this come up a couple of times, because it wasn't ever mentioned in the story.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Everything seems as update to date as possible. I didn't notice anything missing, or think of anything that could be added.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

In the talk page, it was mentioned a lot that the wording of the plot summary wasn't all that great. Some said it didn't make that much sense, others said it didn't flow that well. It was interesting that many people thought there should be a section on Paul's Psychological understanding. I think that would help bring a better understanding to the story. Someone mentioned added a symbolism section to the article, but that was never done. A lot of it had to do with adding to the plot summary.

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

It is part of these wiki projects, with the following ratings.

Novels / Short Story - Start Class, mid importance

LGBT Studies - Start Class

Pittsburgh - Start Class, low importance

Women Writers - Start Class

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

It is more organized, and has information from lots of different people.

Copyedit an Article: "The Tell-Tale Heart"

"Its original publication included an epigraph which quoted Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life". "

Should be: It's publication included an epigraph which quoted Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life".

There are some ways that information can be condensed together. Some sentences are unnecessarily long, and could be shorter.

"The story opens with a conversation already in progress between the narrator and another person who is not identified in any way." - could be "The story opens with a conversation already in.....and an unidentified person."

There are other things that could be changed throughout the article, these are just a few that stuck out to me the most.

Add to an Article: "Parker's Back"

Parker's Back" is a short story by American author Flannery O'Connor. "Parker’s Back" was published in 1965 in her final short story collection, Everything That Rises Must Converge. O'Connor, a devout Roman Catholic, often used religious themes in her work and examined the depth of human nature." After reading O'Connor's views on religion, seeing the use of religious themes in her work makes sense.