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Article Evaluation

I will be reading and evaluating the article San Francisco Plague 1900-1904 in this talk page.

First observation: This article focuses a lot on the spread of the plague and how it affected politics. As I read the article, I found myself trying to find some information on how it affected the Chinese population. I feel that I read a lot about how the plague was not publicly announced right away to avoid affecting the city's reputation. I was more interested in knowing about the facts on the disease directly affected the victims and their families. I think this article is politically biased and does not inform the reader much about the actual plague and the effect it had on the affected population. It can be improved by adding a section to review how the plague affected the victims, what difficulties did families had to go through, and what did health officials actually do to help the victims. Mitzin93 (talk) 20:45, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Robert Gober

I am interested in researching this artist, Robert Gober, and his involvement in the AIDS epidemic as a contemporary artist. I would like to add to the article a section that talks about how he used art to express his opinion, reaction, feelings, and thoughts about AIDS during the epidemic of the 1980s. His involvement as part of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). I want to be able to answer the question: What was ACT UP and what role did it play during the AIDS epidemic. Mitzin93 (talk) 04:45, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Robert Gober was one of the artists that helped raise money to donate to ACT UP. Gober's Untitled Leg was a piece he donated for the ACT UP fundraiser. A clear message was sent with such act, Gober wanted to have the rest of the world see that art can be used as a form of speaking up. Mitzin93 (talk) 22:15, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), was a group of individuals that were greatly affected by the lack of action from the government and scientists to fight the spread of AIDS and a find a cure. . This group of people was known to be very expressive about their feelings and would not care what the public thought about them, which lead to them not having donations from common known sponsors. It is when Gober and other artists organized an auction dedicated to the coalition, the profits were donated to ACT UP as proof to the public that art can be useful in many ways, art can be a positive form of speaking up and it can help spread powerful messages to the viewing audience. Mitzin93 (talk) 22:47, 31 October 2017 (UTC)