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Needs Improvement Articles edit
Hammer Article
- Lead description gives extraneous details
- Sections need expansion
- Lists throughout the text are lengthy and only some sections have a description
- An image section at the end highlights only a few types of hammers which makes it seem like the earlier lists could be reduced
- It would make more sense for the flow of the article to have the types of hammers sections and images near each other since they contain related information
Popular Culture Article
- Strays from Wikipedia's neutral point of view value
- May contain original research
- Information in the "History and Definitions" section seems choppy because of so many short paragraphs. It may help to separate this into a history section and a definitions section instead of keeping them combined
- Sections at the end need expansion and clarity as to why they are involved in popular culture
Choosing Articles to Work on edit
Assigned Articles for Improvement edit
Corset Controversy edit
Problems
- Very Lengthy
- Extensive quotes
- Switches between supporters' and detractors' arguments without a concise statement of their main points
Tasks
- Establish the purpose of the article
- Some of the article is dedicated to the controversy while some is more focused on corset wearing culture
- Decipher the main points for each section
- This is contained in the quotes and not concisely stated
- Establish the most effective layout for the readers’ understanding of the information
- Determine the best way to reduce the length of the article by reducing quoted material
- Determine if the quote is essential to the article
- Determine which section of quotes should remain direct quotes and which sections can be eliminated or paraphrased
- Determine which quotes as a whole can be summarized
Crepe edit
Problems
- Additional citations needed (tagged)
- Not reflective of an encyclopedic tone (tagged)
- Organization of ideas within main sections
Tasks
- Sort through the ideas presented in each section of the text
- Reorganize those ideas so that they are more user friendly
- Adjust tone when needed
- Verify talk page and sources (talk page has highlighted areas of the content which contradict information in the article)
- Verify that the article is self-contained and does not rely on links