User:Cslezak2/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.

Potential Topics: how medicine evolved evolved, what were there differences between medicine in different parts of the world, how has medicine back then effected medicine today,

Option 1

 * Article title: Medicinal plants
 * Article Evaluation: the articles first sentence clearly states what the article is going to be about. All the content is relevant and contains many different types of information such as pictures, facts... All facts are clearly backed up by a reliable source such as the World Health Organization. The article could be improved by explaining the facts they list then instead of just living 10 or so facts right in a row. The article is a little underdeveloped especially for the title they chose which was way to broad for how short the article was.
 * Sources: Medicinal plants https://faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/botany/medicine.htm#:~:text=The%20Babylonians%2C%20ancient%20Hebrews%20and%20Assyrians%20were%20all,opium%2C%20cannabis%2C%20aloes%2C%20cassia%20and%20hemlock%20are%20prominent.
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358962/
 * Sources: Medicinal plants https://faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/botany/medicine.htm#:~:text=The%20Babylonians%2C%20ancient%20Hebrews%20and%20Assyrians%20were%20all,opium%2C%20cannabis%2C%20aloes%2C%20cassia%20and%20hemlock%20are%20prominent.
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358962/

Option 2

 * Article title: History of pharmacy
 * Article Evaluation: The lead section is too detailed and does not clearly state what the article is going to be about. It is broken up into appropriate sub categories and and would be very helpful for our group project. Contains good content although could contain more as some of the paragraphs are quite small. Article contains facts and does not try to persuade the reader. Many of the references are older and may not be reliable due to their age. Some of the references are linked to non reliable news sites with one of them being biased.
 * Sources: History of pharmacy, https://spacedoutscientist.com/2017/03/10/the-history-of-pharmacy-and-medication/, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123695215000014
 * Sources: History of pharmacy, https://spacedoutscientist.com/2017/03/10/the-history-of-pharmacy-and-medication/, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123695215000014
 * Sources: History of pharmacy, https://spacedoutscientist.com/2017/03/10/the-history-of-pharmacy-and-medication/, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123695215000014

Option 3

 * Article title: Entheogen
 * Article Evaluation: The lead section tells what the title of the article means and gives an overview of the different topics that will be in the article. The article is broken up into appropriate topics and each has good information and is backed up by reliable sources such as medical papers. The writing is concise, clear, and well written. The articles strengths are having different view points on the topics and the weaknesses are that some of the points are lacking in factual information.
 * Sources: Entheogen, https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Entheogen,
 * Sources: Entheogen, https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Entheogen,
 * Sources: Entheogen, https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Entheogen,

Option 4

 * Article title: Traditional medicine
 * Article Evaluation: The lead section gives us gives us an example of what the topic is and little bit of background. Content is relevant to the topic because it talks bout certain medicines used thousands of years ago and how that medicine is used today for modern usage. The article lists specific medics and talks about the group they were used by in the past and the group that uses them still today. Article does not attempt to sway in any direction. Gives both opinions of using traditional medicine. Article has images of the traditional medicine. The content only goes up until the 2000
 * Sources: Traditional medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913884/, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/healing-plants.html
 * Sources: Traditional medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913884/, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/healing-plants.html
 * Sources: Traditional medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913884/, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/healing-plants.html

Option 5

 * Article title: History of Medicine
 * Article Evaluation: The lead section mentions information that is very specific about the topic and is not mention again in the article. The content is relevant to the topic as the article goes through time periods in history and how medic has changed over the years. It addresses some in medicine and their roles in healing when women were usually at home taking care of the children. The article addresses how medicine is different from different places around the world and during different time periods. The references for the article are current and the article itself was last updated this year.
 * Sources: History of medicine, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html,
 * Sources: History of medicine, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html,
 * Sources: History of medicine, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html,