User:Fudgevillain/Choose an Article

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

Article title: Federation of Cuban Women

Article Evaluation

The article's content is relevant to the topic, but it seems as though there is content missing. The article is classified as a "Start" article, so I feel like once I start diving deeper into my research, there should be a lot of gaps to fill out. Right away, I can tell that there are some statistics that should be kept up-to-date but are not. There are also a few spelling/grammar mistakes and questionable sources. The article is written neutrally; there are no claims that appear heavily biased in any particular direction. However, in the section titled "FMC & The Cuban Literacy Campaign", I feel like a point can be made that many Cuban-Americans feel that the statistics we see from Cuba's government concerning literacy have no way of being proven and therefore may not be accurate. (I may just include that the topic is debated). There are no minority/fringe viewpoints represented yet, but I feel that there should be. In the entire article, there are 9 citations, but only 3 sources utilized. There definitely needs to be more information here that is less reliant on the same 3 sources. Are the citations reliable? The citations are a little questionable. The sources used look reliable, but they are definitely out-of-date; their publish dates range from 1974-1995. This Wikipdia page addresses a historically underrepresented population; it covers Cuban women. Th Talk page directs me to join WikiProject Cuba, which I will do. It also directed me to many more "Start/Stub" articles which will be interesting to look through.
Sources
Randall, Margaret. “Federation of Cuban Women.” Off Our Backs, vol. 5, no. 3, 1975, pp. 7–7. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25772159. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
JOHNSON, CANDACE. “Framing for Change: Social Policy, the State, and the Federación De Mujeres Cubanas.” Cuban Studies, vol. 42, 2011, pp. 35–51. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24487499. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
Andrea O'Reilly Herrera. “Women and the Revolution in Cristina García's ‘Dreaming in Cuban.’” Modern Language Studies, vol. 27, no. 3/4, 1997, pp. 69–91. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3195394. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
González, Elena Díaz. “CUBAN WOMEN: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL PARTICIPATION.” International Journal of Cuban Studies, vol. 2, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 138–146. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41945889. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.

Option 2

Article title: Cuba, subsection "Revolution and Communist party rule (1959–present)" and/or "Government and politics"

Article Evaluation

Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The content is relevant to the topic; it looks a lot better than Option 1 in terms of content and completion. It appears to be well-written. However, above the section "Government and politics", it gives a warning that as of March 2020, the information has to be updated.

The article does appear to be written neutrally and without any bias, but seems to be missing information about former President Donald Trump after mentioning former President Barrack Obama. Trump was very involved in Cuban-American affairs, and contributed to worsening relations between the two countries.

Each claim has a citation, and they all look reliable. When I decide finally on which article to use, I would want to go through each citation and ensure that everything has been kept up-to-date and is verified.

I feel as though the Cuban government is not historically underrepresented or misrepresented.

The Wikipedia Talk page leads again to Wikiproject Cuba, which under 'Tasks', says "Urgent! Cuba article needs a massive amount of work (clean up, npov, fact checking, source checking etc.)".
Sources
PÉREZ-STABLE, MARIFELI. “Charismatic Authority, Vanguard Party Politics, and Popular Mobilizations: Revolution and Socialism in Cuba.” Cuban Studies, vol. 22, 1992, pp. 3–26. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24485739. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
Smith, Tom W. “Trends: The Cuban Missile Crisis and U.S. Public Opinion.” The Public Opinion Quarterly, vol. 67, no. 2, 2003, pp. 265–293. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3521635. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
Daugirdas, Kristina, and Julian Davis Mortenson. “Trump Reverses Certain Steps Toward Normalizing Relations with Cuba.” The American Journal of International Law, vol. 111, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1027–1035. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26568909. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.

Option 3

Article title: Grey years
Article Evaluation

The article's content is relevant to the topic, but I feel like claims are too brief and perhaps oversimplified. There definitely needs to be new information included, as well as more detail added to the old claims. The article is written neutrally for the most part, although the "ending" to the Grey Years attributed entirely to Luis Pavón Tamayo stepping down as a leader and the creation of the new Ministry of Culture seems very abrupt and is perhaps putting the Ministry on a pedestal. There is still censorship in Cuba today. There does seem to be a few claims that are missing citations. There are also too few sources for the length of the article, in my opinion. The citations listed seem reliable, but I plan on going through each one to check for false information if I choose this as my article. I feel as though the Cuban government is not historically underrepresented or misrepresented, but I do not feel like the topic of censorship in Cuba specifically is talked about enough in an academic setting. The Wikipedia Talk page leads again to Wikiproject Cuba. I found this article in the Wikiproject Talk page, listed under "New Wikipedia articles related to Cuba and Cuban Topics" for 2020.
Sources
WEPPLER-GROGAN, DOREEN. “Cultural Policy, the Visual Arts, and the Advance of the Cuban Revolution in the Aftermath of the Gray Years.” Cuban Studies, vol. 41, 2010, pp. 143–165. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24487232. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
Duany, Jorge. “From Burning Paintings to Domestic Anxieties: Shifting Cultural Relations between the United States and Cuba and between Cubans on and off the Island.” Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora, edited by Jorge Duany, 1st ed., University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2019, pp. 219–240. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvx1htk3.19. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.
GRENIER, YVON. “The Politics of Culture and the Gatekeeper State in Cuba.” Cuban Studies, no. 46, 2019, pp. 261–286. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26614625. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021