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Rudolph Koenig


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Everything in the article was relevant, however, while the inventions he created were mentioned nothing was elaborated on as far as the history of where his ideas or thoughts came from. I was more distracted by the choppy sentence structure and the poor wording than by any individual details of the article.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

The article is more biased toward overselling Koenig. Descriptions such as "Perfect", "Very far from being...", "great admiration", and "beautiful pieces" could turn a reader toward the subject instead of just informing the reader of his work.


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

Only the biography section was present in the wiki article. In that section, most of the information comes from is work with tuning style instruments, but all of the information on Koenig comes from 1852-1876, leaving much of his life and work unaccounted for.


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

The only citation listed with Koenig's wiki page, is a broken link. The wiki page needs citations added to all of the information provided in 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?

With the one reference being a broken link, there are not any reliable references. I did however check the external links that are provided within the article, and while the website appears to be written by a college professor, it is not a peer reviewed work or of a reliable academic website.


 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Most of Koenig's life was passed over in this article. The article only briefly covers the inventions that Koenig made in about a 23 year span of his life, leaving out about 45 years of his life from birth to death. The information that is present appears to be in order.


 * 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?

Only one person has had anything on the talk page for this article, from today 2/21/2020, which I assume is one of the other students from the class. That person has also taken notice that most of Koenig's life has been unaccounted for.


 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

It's a C-class article, with mid-low importance depending on each of the wikiprojects it is associated with. It is part of the WikiProject Germany, WikiProject Teylers, WikiProject Physics / Biographies, and WikiProject Biography / Science and Academia. It appears that Koenig should also have an importance within the music industry with his tuning forks, but he is not associated with anything related to that.


 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Koenig on Wikipedia seems to appear, in this article particularly, in a way that he was extremely highly regarded, excellent, and extremely important to the field of physics with his work in acoustics even today. While that may be the case, in class (should be in Wikipedia) we keep the subject more to a what did they do, what did they think, what was their impact on society style of approach. While we haven't talked about Koenig in particular, I feel that we would approach him with the same regard of learning about his life rather than proclaiming him as the "best" or "excellent".

Beebe Steven Link
Partner: Kaysi Lee

Source: Beebe Steven Lynk

Small Snip-its from source texts
From Black Women Scientists in the United States by Wini Warren pg 180- She earned her Bachelors degree from Lane college in 1892.

The curriculum focused primarily on preparing “preachers and teachers.” The College Department was organized in 1896, and at that time, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name from Lane Institute to Lane College. The College Department broadened the curriculum by its organization into the classical, the natural and physical sciences, and mathematics. -History Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, e College Profile Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Lane College website, accessed March 13, 2010 (source found from wiki article about Lane College)

First day changes to Beebe Stevens Lynk
She earned a degree from Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1892 at the age of 20. While it is known that her graduation was in 1892, it is unknown if she attended school early or if the degree she completed was only 2 years.

italicized words from original article.

Edits to Beebe Steven Lynk (3/16/2020)
She earned a degree from Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1892 at the age of 20. While it is known that her graduation was in 1892, it is unknown if she attended school early or if the degree she completed was only 2 years.

italicized words from original article.

Although it is unknown when Beebe started her college career, it is known that the degree she obtained was a bachelor's degree from Lane College(cite black women scien...). While there is not accurate documentation of the curriculum for the degree Beebe Steven Lynk received at Lane College, at the time that she would have attended, the college's degree options were preacher and teacher. Based on Lynk's future career, we can assume that she received her degree from Lane College in teaching.

Adding to this sentence to give clarity "This was a two-year, pre-bachelor degree, for training teachers." - This was a two-year, pre-bachelor's degree, that Beebe obtained after her original bachelor's degree; in order to be able to practice and teach Pharmaceutical Chemistry(citing the same source Blackpast.org).

In 1919, Mrs. Lynk published a school textbook titled A Complete Course in Hair Straightening and Beauty Culture . In this textbook, Lynk provided chemical recipes for beauty treatments that could be done at home. In the preface of the textbook she mentions her hope that the information would provide success, happiness, or prosperity to women.

Review by K8shep (talk) 15:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[ edit]
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way?

Good additions so far--you just need more! So make sure you look at the sources that you've placed parenthetically. And don't forget to cite them properly.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?

You could make a guess as to what she studied in her two-year degree by maybe looking in some history of education books--there are curriculum sheets in there that would help. That could give some good context for the article.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article?

Just keep working! Make sure you're citing!

Response to Peer Review

 * 1) I had planned on adding a little more; however, most of the sources that I have found have already been included in the article, so I have been running out of more things to add. While I have been able to add from those sources, I am having a hard time finding additional information on Lynk but have been trying to find additional sources, especially about her time in university.
 * 2) In my research into Lane College I found that the university only graduated preachers and teachers in the years that she would have attended, because the college had yet to expand to other degrees. I didn't know if I could assume that she received her degree in teaching since she went on to become a professor, but I will add that!
 * 3) I plan on citing my material once I move it into the article, due to most of the sources I have are already cited within the article. I have now created the citation for the source that is not already in the article.