User:CynthiaaaM/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

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 * -       Emperor of Japan -       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan


 * Article Evaluation
 * ·      Is the article's content relevant to the topic? o   Yes. Lots of titles and subtitles are used to explain the topic.  ·      Is it written neutrally?  o   Yes. It is neutral in general.  ·      Does each claim have a citation?  o   No. Lots of the information are not cited properly. For example, for the part of marriage traditions and succession, nothing is cited. Citations need to be improved, even though abundant information is presented.  ·      Are the citations reliable?  o   Although most of the citations are from reliable sources, such as books, journals, some of them are still from blogs or news reports made by individuals (e.g., "Japan desperate for male heir to oldest monarchy". independent.co.uk. London. March 1, 1996. Retrieved June 5, 2010.).  ·      Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?  o   I would guess the marriage traditions part mentions women and wife of the emperor, which might not be presented enough previously. Otherwise, I couldn’t see anything related.  ·      Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.  o   Some people used Japanese in the Talk page, which I couldn’t understand. Various aspects are discussed here, including talking about different points, as well as the discussion of the truth of the presented information.


 * Sources
 * -       NORIKO KAWAMURA. Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War. University of Washington Press, 27/1/2016. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-LOGICAL-a59907-caf492708860173d3fdaee35db6ff27d78708e485f3e662cc568d981ebbfcb093?query=emperor+of+japan -       Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan Meiji and His World, 1852-1912. Columbia University Press, 2002. https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/014855042?query=emperor+of+japan  -       Bar-On Cohen, Einat. “The Forces of Homology—Hirohito, Emperor of Japan and the 1928 Rites of Succession.” History and Anthropology, vol. 23, no. 4, Informa UK Limited, 12/2012, pp. 425–43, doi:10.1080/02757206.2013.726990. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-LOGICAL-c3039-fb92a5113ecc173af6ff364cbf2e91940d587d4a6a163351fd04ee9e2889b07e3?query=emperor+of+japan

Option 2

 * Article title
 * -       Japanese armour -       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_armour


 * Article Evaluation
 * -       Is the article's content relevant to the topic? o   Yes.  -       Is it written neutrally?  o   As the topic is about armour, which is an object, most of the information is written neutrally.  -       Does each claim have a citation?  o   Even though links and citations are used, lots of information does not have proper citations. Lots of items of different types of armour are presented, but nothing is cited.  -       Are the citations reliable?  o   Yes. Citations are reliable in general, as they are from journals or museums.  -       Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?  o   It does not tackle the equity gaps.  -       Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.  o   They are discussing the mess of different styles. A great amount of references are presented, but no explanations of these references are given.


 * Sources
 * -       “Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo Showcases Japanese Sword Culture, Armor Exhibition.” Professional Services Close-Up, Close-Up Media, Inc, 30/3/2019. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-gale_businessinsightsgauss_A5805878453?query=japanese+armor -       Dalewicz-Kitto, Suzanne, et al. “Japanese Armour and the Conservation of a Sakakibara Family Armour at the Royal Armouries.” Journal of the Institute of Conservation, vol. 36, no. 1, Routledge, 1/3/2013, pp. 35–52, doi:10.1080/19455224.2013.774250. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-LOGICAL-12098-dc5d993da14430c180e71b68e6dae42888985af879712d5aceb943eda8069f3e3?query=japanese+armor  -       Guppy, Alison, et al. “A Seventeenth-Century Suit of Japanese Armour with Original Textile Components: Its Description, Conservation and Mounting.” The Conservator, vol. 21, no. 1, Taylor & Francis Group, 1/1/1997, pp. 59–69, doi:10.1080/01410096.1997.9995116. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-LOGICAL-c1036-e80cd648fb85214d62b0dabf993b425cdbfb170d4f17caed5f65ce9bbab6a1013?query=japanese+armor

Option 3

 * Article title
 * -       Japanese clothing -       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clothing


 * Article Evaluation
 * -       Is the article's content relevant to the topic? o   Yes.  -       Is it written neutrally?  o   Yes.  -       Does each claim have a citation?  o   Yes.  -       Are the citations reliable?  o   Most of the citations are reliable, which are from libraries, museums and jounals, but several of them are from some travel website or some random website set up by random people.  -       Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?  o   I couldn’t see much related with the coverage of equity gaps. I don’t know whether the focus of female and women throughout history is historically underrepresented.  -       Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.  o   They talk about various types of issues in the article, including the missing definitions, and ways to merge terms.


 * Sources
 * -       “Japanese Clothing Firms Reducing Reliance on China.” Just-Style.Com, Aroq Limited, 5/7/2019. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-gale_businessinsightsgauss_A5922567043?query=japanese+clothing -       MASAKURA, Yuko, and OHNO, Sumio. “Integration of Impressions for Young Japanese Women’s Clothing Coordination.” International Journal of Affective Engineering, vol. 14, no. 1, 日本感性工学会, 2015, pp. 43–50, doi:10.5057/ijae.14.43. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-LOGICAL-11909-5473966e02a14c0d74f78fa366d075c2045b240846477ceffa6575854cf766ca3?query=japanese+clothing&page=2  -       Gyeonggyu Lee, and 이행화. “Westernization of Japanese Women’s Clothing Style in the Taisho Period.” The Japanese Modern Association of Korea, no. 40, 5/2013, pp. 291–308, doi:10.16979/jmak..40.201305.291. https://search.lib.umich.edu/articles/record/FETCH-crossref_primary_10_16979_jmak__40_201305_2913?query=japanese+clothing&page=2

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