Talk:Katharine Woolley

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 September 2021 and 7 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): OiMates.

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Archaeologist
Katharine Woolley was never ever in her life an archaeologist. Working on an excavation makes you not an archaeologist. To do archaeological illustrator don't make you an archaeologist. To do restorations did not make you an archaeologist. Why it is not enough to let her be what she was? A great illustrator and a terrible person? Why should it make sense to make her seem "more" than she was? This is far enough to made her memorable and notable. -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 03:03, 12 August 2021 (UTC)


 * As far as Wikipedia is concerned, anyone described in reliable sources as an archaeologist is an archaeologist. So it's enough, for example, that her 1945 obituary in The Times, quoted in the article, reads "Katharine Woolley was an archaeologist". It's not our place to gate-keep, but even if it were I don't understand your criteria. You changed her profession in the infobox to "archaeological drawer", and since archaeological illustration is a specialism within archaeology, doesn't that make her an archaeologist? She had the same position at Ur as Max Mallowan, was he not an archaeologist? –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:21, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Evaluation
Lead section The lead sentence provides a concise overview of the topic and is very informative.

Content The content is very up-to-date and provides useful information about the topic as Woolley's life is recounted through several key parts. The article provides information on Women in Science and other underrepresented fields. Tone and Balance The article is written in a neutral tone and provides a balanced account of different opinions on Woolley. The diverging opinions about her personal character are explained as being subjective views and not a certain fact, with appropriate acknowledgement and neutrality to provide an unbiased overview.

Sources and References The article features many relevant and reliable sources, most of them being academic sources. The sources are current and the links work. The different sources cover a wide range of topics, offering interesting insights and lesser-known information about the topic.

Organization and writing quality The article is very clear both in its structure and writing, being of a very high standard. It is broken down into several relevant sections that draw a complete picture of Woolley's life. The writing is concise and clear, with no spelling or grammar mistakes, making it easy to read.

Images and Media There is one image of Woolley that adds illustration to the article, and it is appropriately captioned. There are also several other pictures of the archeological sites and crews she worked with, offering additional insights. There are no pictures of her work as an archeological illustrator.

Talk page discussion There is one discussion on the Talk page, about whether it is appropriate to call Woolley an archeologist. It is a pretty recent conversation that was responded to in a clear manner. The article was written as part of a WIkiEdu course and is rated C-class. It is a part of several Wiki projects about women's representation in science, archeology, and academia.

Overall impressions This is a very comprehensive, clear, and useful article. It provides both a detailed account of Wooley's life and lesser-known facts about her relationship with her archeological peers.

OiMates (talk) 14:31, 28 September 2021 (UTC)


 * If Katherine Woolley was an "archeologist", where are her monographs, papers, teaching assignments? Her sole publication was apparently a novel about herself in which she adventures in the Middle East. Sculpting the head of an Arab worker does not make you an archeologist, nor does writing a novel. 47.232.145.208 (talk) 19:43, 31 March 2023 (UTC)