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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 - Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study

Article Evaluation- It seems that there is a lot of information present regarding this article, but it does not have enough citations and evidence to back it up. I would need to find new or un used evidence to add to this article. Maybe talk or include the diaries being talked about as evidence. Get evidence from experiences at the camps being talked about, Poston being one ive already found research on. This is considered a stub class, so it has more information missing and required before its fully complete so focusing on maybe the items missing from the text. The article also has a huge section with no links or citation so either finding the necessary soruces to connect these ideas, or re writing it with different sources in mind might be the options present. No discussion present in the talk page, so the amount of people currently working or discussing this topic and page is low. More writing than the others but with missing backing sources and information. It is clear, but could be considered a little less concise with a lot more information just being thrown at the reader. Some of the secondary sources included take a look into the actual evacuation as well as first hand accounts of them. Needs better lead section. maybe the paragraph blob isnt as appealing visually or mentally to readers. Maybe needs to be broken up and explained better than how it is right now. Content is relevant to the topic. Content is semi up to date, as last edits were made in 2023 but could use newer scholarship or information. Not a neutral tone.

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- The Kikuchi diary : chronicle from an American concentration camp : the Tanforan journals of Charles Kikuchi:- Inside an American concentration camp : Japanese American resistance at Poston, Arizona

-   Suzuki, Peter T. “THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA JAPANESE EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT STUDY: A PROLEGOMENON.” Dialectical Anthropology 10, no. 3/4 (1986): 189–213. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02343105.https://csu-lb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_jstor_primary_29790156&context=PC&vid=01CALS_ULB:01CALS_ULB&lang=en_US&search_scope=NZ_IZ_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Japanese%20Evacuation%20and%20Resettlement%20Study&offset=0

Option 2

Article title- Land Act of 1804

Article Evaluation- Has outdated sources and links, so those would need to be fixed. Also missing a bit of background information, maybe talk about the act that predated this since its talked about in the article. Some of the links dont lead to any website or other information, not sure if they are broken, or the info is just not there anymore. Checked again and most if not all the links are busted so that would be a top priority. Not enough sourc es or information present in the current article. Random quotes in the background information with links. No information or discussions on the talk page, so little to no interaction or changes have been happening. Its not that the article isn't well written, its that theres not much writing at all. It requires more background and general information. Needs better organization of ideas. Even the sources included dont actually back up the claims or ideas being put into the article. Rather than secondary sources evaluating the event or idea, we only have a few primary sources whos links dont even work. The primary sources that I would then need to include and change are the ones of the act itself as well as maybe an first hand accounts or letters written at the time. One of the imbedded links goes to a Wikipedia page that isn't even set up yet. Some sources ive included are letters written at the time about the acts being passed. I would want to locate more secondary sources about this act, so maybe looking for articles reviewing land acts or other similar ideas could be good places to start for further research. Maybe some content not related to the act being discussed, this relates to the wikepedia page not set up yet, as its attempting to connect this act to a previous one, but without any other information it seems kind of out of place. Content not up to date. Neutral tone

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-In Senate of the United States. : January 17, 1817--read. : Department of War, Washington:- https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/explore-indiana-history-by-topic/indiana-documents-leading-to-statehood/harrison-land-act-1800/

-Jefferson, Thomas, William Harris Crawford, and William Allison Davis. In Senate of the United States. : January 17, 1817--Read. : Department of War, Washington, January 16, 1817. Sir, In Compliance with the Resolution of the Senate of the 14th of This Month, Requesting Information Respecting the “exchange of Lands with Any of the Indian Tribes Now Completed or Contemplated, under the Act of Congress Approved on the 26th Day of March, 1804, Entitled, 'An Act to Erect Louisiana into Two Territories, and to Provide for the Temporary Government Thereof,” I Have the Honour to Enclose the Papers Marked A, B, C, and D ... Washington, D.C: William A. Davis, 1817.https://csu-lb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007049499702910&context=L&vid=01CALS_ULB:01CALS_ULB&lang=en_US&search_scope=NZ_IZ_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything

Option 3

Article title- Treaty of Spring Wells

Article Evaluation- Unclear sources, with missing information in its external links. Links lead to dead websites. Needs updated information and updated sources. Maybe remove some unnecessary information and replace it with something else. Has quotes with no citation or link to source. Since the links to some of the sources dont work anymore I would need to find new information to supplement the missing sources with. Maybe looking into the official treaties themselves and their links could be good and useful information to this article. Overall short article with not a lot of information present. Maybe requires further background information on the treaty itself, as well as a link to the official treaty. Once again dead links so new sources are necessary. Needs a better layout and information present in order to organize the ideas and article more effectually. Content not up to date. neutral tone.

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Sources- Treaty with the Wyandot[te], Delaware, Seneca, etc. residing on Ohio and the territories of Indiana and Michigan at Spring Wells, Sept. 8, 1815

https://www.nps.gov/places/springwells.htm#:~:text=Once%20signed%2C%20the%20Treaty%20of,and%20the%20assembled%20Native%20Nations.&text=Following%20the%20War%20of%201812,location%20on%20the%20Detroit%20riverfront.

Option 4

Article title- Platte Purchase

Article Evaluation: This article is considered a start class so its has a bit more information already present to look through. I have already searched into the Platte purchase so my previous knowledge could be useful for this one. Some small discussions on the talk page, but like the other articles we see largely low interaction with this article.

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