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Needs Improvement Articles

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

1. Corset controversy
2. Crêpe
3. Forestry law

Corset Controversy

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

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