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Article evaluation

• Is everything in the article relevant to the topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

I found the bullet point lists of push and pull factors to be an effective and concise way of presenting them.

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

The phrase "income is usually sent home to family members" might be a little generalizing, as it implies that all migrants send remittances.

• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

Social network mechanisms can be said to be underrepresented, as it is only addressed briefly, and mainly as a consequence of colonialism, rather than of more recent international dynamics. The overview of theories of migration touches in on mechanisms, such as that of social networks, but these are not elaborated on in the subsequent paragraphs explaining various theories. I don't really catch the distinction between the sections "Theories for migration for work in the 21st century" and "Historical theories", since the latter does not include any explanatory paragraph and is significantly less elaborate than the former. This makes the article seem a bit inconsistent.

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

The article has quite a few "citation needed" tags, where citations would have been appropriate. Most of the descriptions of theories are from the same source. A wider range of sources would have made the descriptions less likely to be biased.

• 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?

The lack of citation of the "top ten" immigration countries and countries of origin is already noted in the text. Some of the paragraphs on various theories include names of theorists, while others do not.

• Is any information out of date?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

Some of the statistics could have been updated. For example 2010 numbers are elaborated on, rather than more recent ones. however, one can see from the "view history" page that users have been working on the article recently.

• 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?

The Talk page includes discussions of a number of features of the article, among others whether the paragraph on seasonal migration is noteworthy, and corrections of historical facts. Also, a suggestions of splitting the article into less extensive, more specific articles is suggested, as the title "Human migration" is rather broad.

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

The article is part of several WikiProjects, among others anthropology and economics. The article is rated C- class by all of the projects.

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

It includes Relative deprivation theory as a separate theory of migration, while in class I believe we discussed the argument of relative deprivation as part of the New economics of labor theory. While it includes theories we have not discussed in class, such as Djelti's Osmosis theory as well as several of the historical theories, it does not include Social Networks theory or Cumulative causation theory.

Article revision

Norwegian Americans

Norwegians

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_emigrasjon_til_USA

Between 1825 and 1925, more than 800,000 Norwegians immigrated to North America—about one-third of Norway's population with the majority immigrating to the USA, and lesser numbers immigrating to the Dominion of Canada. With the exception of Ireland, no single country contributed a larger percentage of its population to the United States than Norway. (Retrieved from Norwegian Americans).

Between 1825 and 1925, more than 800,000 Norwegians immigrated to North America—about one-third of Norway's population with the majority immigrating to the USA, and lesser numbers immigrating to the Dominion of Canada. With the exception of Ireland, no single country contributed a larger percentage of its population to the United States than Norway. Data from the U. S. office of Immigration statistics of the number of Norwegians obtaining lawful permanent resident status in the USA from 1870 to 2016 highlights two peaks in the migration flow, the first one in the 1880s, and the second one in the first decade of the 20th Century. It also shows an abrupt decrease after 1929, during the economic crisis of the 1930s.

A graph using data from the U. S. Office of Immigration statistics to show trends in Norwegian immigration to the U. S. A.