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Article Evaluation

Article I worked on: Theater District, Manhattan

My notes:

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Yes everything in the article is relevant.
Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- The article stays neutral and just keeps to the facts.
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- The only fact that is overrepresented is the location of the area.
Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
- The links do work and do support the article.
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?
- Yes the sources are reliable by unbiased sources from known publications and authors
Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- It is really out of date. It does not really talk about any of the theaters that are currently popular there . It does not talk about the revival of Times Square.
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 only thing that people are talking about is the way theater should be spelled...
- Theater or Theatre
How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
- Yes. It is apart of WikiProjects Theater, WikiProjects New York City, and WikiProjects Urban Studies and Planning.
Does the Wikipedia article achieve its rhetorical objective - to inform and educate audiences about a particular topic?
- No because it is outdated and does not show talk about what the theater district is really like today.

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Ready Player One is a novel by Ernest Cline. ^[1]

The novel The Book Thief is written by Markus Zusak.^[2]

References

^ Cline, Ernest (2011). Ready Player One. New York, New York: Crown.
^ Zusak, Markus (2008). The Book Thief. London, United Kingdom: Transworld Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0552773891.

Article Draft Proposal

For my article edit, I am thinking about working on Theater District, Manhattan. I'm proposing to make the following changes.

To add more updated information.
- In the article now there is a lot of outdated information about the theater district. I plan to add more reverent information on what the theater district in Manhattan has to offer, without sounding like a travel brochure.
To fix old information.
- Information that is there now is not correct. Over time theaters have changed and the type of shows that are put on in Manhattan.
To maybe add a section on what theater/shows have been there just to add some more history and if a reader is reading it and sees a show, they recognize it will give them more of a connection.
Fix grammar and overused words
- I did this in our other assignment "Add to an Article." However, there is always going to be more I can fix within writing. I plan to update some of the vocabularies within the article.

Sources to help:

From the Bowery to Broadway (Book)

Nahshon, E. (2016). New York's Yiddish theater : From the Bowery to Broadway

An Island In Manhattan's Theater District (Article)

Robinson, K. (1999). Island Spice: An Island In Manhattan's Theater District. Everybody's, 23(4), 36.

NYPAPA (Website)

http://www.nypap.org

Manhattan New York (Book)

Engel, G., Mejias, Jordan, & Riley, Terence. (2006). Manhattan New York. Schirmer Mosel.

Opening Nights: 25 Years of the Manhattan Theater Club (Book)

Pereira, J. (1996). Opening nights : 25 years of the Manhattan Theatre Club (American university studies. Series XXVI, Theatre arts ; vol. 17). New York: P. Lang.

Vetter's Feedback: Hi Sam. Really great work on this proposal. I think you've target some specific old information that could be updated as well as a little bit of information that could be added. I like the idea of adding a section perhaps on notable shows throughout history? I would like to hear a little bit more about what else could be added. Your sources look great. The next step is going to be working through those sources to identify passages/pages that include information that could be added/updated to the current article. Great job on the proposal! We'll talk more tomorrow. -Dr. Vetter

Article Draft Link:

Here is a link to my article draft on Theater District. X

http://www.musicals101.com/2010s.htm

Use for information on section I'm adding

[1] Cline, Ernest (2011). Ready Player One. New York, New York: Crown.

[2] Zusak, Markus (2008). The Book Thief. London, United Kingdom: Transworld Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0552773891.

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