User:Yessel Garcia/Rent control in the United States/Kjwonglam Peer Review

Peer review

This is where you will complete your peer review exercise. Please use the following template to fill out your review.

General info

• Whose work are you reviewing? (provide username)
  • Yessel Garcia
• Link to draft you're reviewing: User:Yessel Garcia/Rent control in the United States/Bibliography

Content

Guiding questions:

• Is the content added relevant to the topic?
  • Yes
• Is the content added up-to-date?
  • Yes
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
  • No
• Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?
  • Yes

Content evaluation

Good content into the background of rent control!

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

• Is the content added neutral?
  • Yes
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  • No
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
  • No
• Does the content added attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
  • No

Tone and balance evaluation

Good balance! In the sentence "Thus people of color...needed the most," edit to "the most financially and show to be areas where rent control is most needed and advocated for."

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

• Is all new content backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
  • Yes
• Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
  • Yes
• Are the sources current?
  • Yes
• Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
  • Yes
• Check a few links. Do they work?
  • Yes

Organization

Guiding questions:

• Is the content added well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
  • Yes
• Does the content added have any grammatical or spelling errors?
  • "FDR created the New Deal which was made up of..."
    • Split sentence: "Great Depression. This involved the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, which gave..."
  • "Residential" - meant to be capitalized?
  • "Consequently," (added a comma)
    • Also confused on the latter part of the sentence: "were shown"? "are shown"?
  • In sentence "Thus people of color" --> "and today are shown"?
  • "In the 1970s," vs "It was not until the 1970s"
    • In the same sentence, "price controls with to combat" - remove "with"?
    • Add comma before "but"
• Is the content added well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
  • Yes, definitely break it up into 2 paragraphs since you're adding a large amount! I suggest the a paragraph break at "It was not until the 1970s..."

Organization evaluation

Overall fine! Break it up.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

• Has the content added improved the overall quality of the article - i.e. Is the article more complete?
  • Yes, the previous history section was very short.
• What are the strengths of the content added?
  • Much more rounded perspective, goes into the implications of different policies.
• How can the content added be improved?
  • Is it possible to bring the history closer to the present than 1973?
  • Reasons why national wage and price controls phased out in 1973?

Overall evaluation

It adds important history to the topic and sets a better perspective for the rest of the article. Both your articles seem to be talking about the same thing, which I think is fine because they do fit into the context and selected areas in the article, but maybe check with Prof. T.