User:Chowchow013/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Modius (headdress)
 * Article Evaluation
 * - The article is quite short and there are places where there are claims made without sources being cited.
 * - The sources that are cited do seem reliable
 * - The article covers ancient Egypt and a particular headdress that has ties to mythology/deities.
 * - The article covers ancient Egypt and a particular headdress that has ties to mythology/deities.


 * Sources
 * - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544755
 * - https://www.jstor.org/stable/24519584#metadata_info_tab_contents

Option 2

 * Ancient Egyptian flint jewelry
 * Article Evaluation
 * - The sources cited seem reliable
 * - The article is written neutrally
 * - There isn't much information in the article, but it does cover a part of Wikipedia that doesn't have a lot of information
 * - There isn't much information in the article, but it does cover a part of Wikipedia that doesn't have a lot of information


 * Sources
 * - https://www.academia.edu/820563/The_Ideological_Significance_of_Flint_in_Dynastic_Egypt
 * - https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/the-jeweller-in-ancient-egypt/
 * - https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/4544
 * - https://www.arce.org/resource/egyptian-jewelry-window-ancient-culture

Option 3

 * Tooth ablation
 * Article Evaluation
 * - There aren't enough sources that are cited for the claims
 * - There is a decent amount of information that is written neutrally
 * - The sources seem pretty reliable
 * - The sources seem pretty reliable


 * Sources
 * - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15564894.2020.1754971?journalCode=uica20
 * - https://stri.si.edu/story/oral-history
 * - https://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/just-what-was-so-amazing-about-jomon-japan/ways-of-the-jomon-world-2/customs-of-the-jomon-people/tooth-ablation-why-did-prehistoric-people-pull-perfectly-healthy-teeth/
 * - https://academic.oup.com/florida-scholarship-online/book/24213/chapter-abstract/185840070?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Option 4

 * Traditional Chinese wedding dress
 * Article Evaluation
 * - There is a decent amount of information that is written neutrally
 * - While most of the sources seem reliable, some seem questionable
 * - While most of the sources seem reliable, some seem questionable


 * Sources
 * - https://daily.jstor.org/a-natural-history-of-the-wedding-dress/
 * - https://www.chinosity.com/2020/05/19/evolution-of-the-chinese-wedding-dress-part-1/

Option 5

 * Talismanic shirt
 * Article Evaluation
 * - There seem to be an ample amount of sources for the amount of information
 * - The information is written neutrally
 * - The sources seem pretty reliable
 * - The sources seem pretty reliable


 * Sources
 * - https://ajammc.com/2021/04/30/premodern-ppe-talismanic-shirts/
 * - https://www.jstor.org/stable/26569044#metadata_info_tab_contents