September 11 article evaluation:
The article is semi protected, meaning it can only be edited by accounts that are confirmed by Wikipedia. It is listed as a good article, so it provides good, credible evidence even though it isn't a featured article. The article is neutral, providing facts about the attack but not leaning to one side or the other. Each citation links to a credible source and I did not find any paraphrasing or plagiarism. The information is all up to date, but on the talk page someone mentioned including a section on conspiracy theories and including this may be of interest to some people. Nothing seemed to be over or underrepresented and I felt that it gave equal attention to all the important facts.
National Counterterrorism Center article evaluation:
The article does not appear to have any protection so it looks like anyone can make edits. That concerns me about the source material, but everything I have looked at appears to be accurate. It's not listed as a good article or a featured article, but I think thats probably just because its not a major topic like 9/11 is. The information presented is very up to date, with the latest source being added January 2017. I don't know much about the subject, but I felt like everything that needed to be presented was done so in a good manner without over presenting anything. All of the external links given are to credible sources regarding the topic.
Nate Belt
Lone Wolf Terrorism Outline
- Lead Section
2. Origins of the term
3. Current Usage
The term lone wolf is used to distinguish terrorist actions carried out by individuals from those coordianated by large groups.[1] Terrorist attacks that are carried out by small cells are not classified as lone wolf attacks. Lone wolf attacks are far more rare than attacks carried out by groups. Since 1940, there have only been around 100 successful lone wolf attacks in the United States.[2] The number of attacks is increasing, however, and has grown each year since 2000. Lone wolves generally come from different demographics than far right attackers as well. As compared to those on the far right, lone wolf attackers who become inspired by al-Qaeda and ISIS tend to be younger and better educated. According to studies, lone wolves have more in common with mass murderers than they do with members of the organized terrorist groups that often inspire them.
Lone wolf terrorists are frequently thought to only be Muslims, however, this is not always the case. Lone wolf terrorists may sympathize with and consider themselves part of larger groups, but they are not truly a part of them. [3]Often, the attacks are attributed to people who have a mixture of political and personal grievances. The attackers can have no actual affiliation to the group that claims them, but instead become radicalized online and through external media outlets.
Lone wolf terrorists are highly likely to be afflicted by a mental illness. Studies have found that more than 40% of lone wolf terrorists have been diagnosed at some point in their life with a mental illness[4]. This puts lone wolves as being 13.5 times more likely to suffer from a mental illness than a member of an organized terrorist group, such as al-Qaeda or ISIS.[5]
4List of lone wolf terrorist attacks
4.1Africa, the Middle East and Asia
On July 7, 2016, a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, was interrupted by a lone gunman. The perpetrator, Micah Johnson, opened fire, targeting specifically police and members of law enforcement. The group did not claim the attack, however Johnson had stated on his Facebook page that he supported the New Black Panther Party, which has advocated violence against whites. Johnson killed five Dallas officers in the shooting, while injuring nine other officers and two civilians. Johnson was eventually cornered and killed by explosives that police had attached to a robot which was driven to his location and detonated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/us/dallas-police-shooting.html?_r=0
https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/lone-wolf-terrorism
R. Spaaij, Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism, SpringerBriefs in Criminology, 2012
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- ^ Spaaij, Ramon. Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism: Global Patterns, Motivations and Prevention. p. 16.
- ^ "Lone Wolf Attacks Are Becoming More Common And More Deadly". PBS.
- ^ Spaaij, Ramon. Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism: Global Patterns, Motivations and Prevention. p. 18.
- ^ "Lone Wolf Attacks Are Becoming More Common And More Deadly". PBS.
- ^ "Lone Wolf Terrorism". Bloomberg News.