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Sophia Brahe


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * The information was all vaguely relevant. However, the Legacy is a bit distracting and unorganized. The article is lots of paragraphs of various information that is unorganized.


 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * The majority of the information comes from one book and a website. The information is not the most up to date. There seems to be a lot missing due to the jumping around of topics and only two sections, life and legacy. I also clicked links to her brother's Wikipedia article, Tycho Brahe, and his is well developed, high importance, and has recent updates. This might be an indicator that Sohpia Brahe has much more to add than simple mentions.


 * What else could be improved?
 * An improvement would be to better organize the article to talk about the different topics. The article could also use more information from various sources, as only one is majorly used.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article is neutral and does not make any claims.


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * There is no over- or under-representation. There is a lack of general information.


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * The links function properly. The sources do align with the article. One of the sources has no link, and one is in a foreign language. This brings the idea of if there is more information in other languages.


 * 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?
 * The majority of the references are properly cited, however, some of the links do not function as mentioned above or are books that cannot be accessed. These are neutral sources, no apparent biases are noted.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There is some conversation on the talk page surrounding the use of proper sources. There is another comment from a student from a different school doing a WikiProject.


 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is rated as Start Class. It is involved in the following WikiProjects as Low Importance: Astronomy, Chemistry, Denmark, Women's History. The article is Mid Importance for Women scientists.


 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * The Wikipedia discusses mainly the idea of Sophia Brahe in relation to men and how she supported and did as she was told. In class, we discussed how this meant she could have been studying on her own and publishing under a man's name. There is also the concept that the only reason Sophie Brahe is noted is due to her male connections versus her scientific findings, which does injustice to her as a scholar.

Elwgxf (talk) 18:23, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Chosen Article

 * Why did you choose this article? What's missing? What do you want to add?
 * We chose this article because Hope and I believe that Sophia Brahe deserves more credit for her work with her brother than what is stated. There seems to be a break in information and we want to fill it! This article is missing good organization, key parts of Brahe's life, and her scientific work. I want to add that missing information, clear organization, and clean up her Wikipedia page to make sense and be relevant.


 * Possible Sources
 * https://www.schoolsobservatory.org/learn/careers/astronomy/astrowomen/Brahe
 * On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe and his Assistants, 1570-1601, Christianson

Elwgxf (talk) 16:50, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Article Draft Changes
Copied from Spohia Brahe

Legacy
Live Larsdatter 1575-1698.jpg Sophie, along with her brother Tycho, have come to represent the flowering of letters and science during the Danish Renaissance. She worked closely with her brother in his scientific endeavors and is thought to have acted as his muse. Indeed the two were so close that poet Johan L. Heiberg admonished that "Denmark must never forget the noble woman who, in spirit much more than flesh and blood, was Tycho Brahe's sister; the shining star in our Danish heaven is indeed a double one." In 1626 Sophie had completed a 900-page manuscript on the genealogies of 60 Danish noble families, which is held by Lund University.

In 1691 Pieter van der Hulst painted a portrait of an old woman named Live Larsdatter; he wrote a note claiming she was born in 1575, and was 116 years old. Sparse sources claimed that Larsdatter worked for Tycho in Denmark, and later for Sophie, who taught her medicine. Larsdatter was variously said to have lived to 123 or 124 years and to have become known for her "miracle plaster".

Comments from Emma
 * This is the last section currently in Sophia Brahe's Wikipedia page. The last paragraph refers to a painting by Hulst of a woman who claimed to be very old and claimed to work with Sohpia's brother, Tycho, and maybe her as well. I plan to delete this because it has no value in Sophia's page, Live Larsdatter has her own page as well, which is basically the same as what this portion is. This is irrelevant and has no value in the article. I deleted the highlighted portion and the image to the right.

Elwgxf (talk) 16:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Emma's Sophia Brahe Edits
To edit and add to the Wikipedia article, I want to rearrange and round out the current life tab with more information and citations and then add a section/more information on the poem about Sophia by her brother Tycho.

Urania Titani
Urania Titani was a poem written by Tycho Brahe, the brother of Sophia, about a fictional love correspondence between Sophia and Erik. Tycho wrote the poem in Latin, a language Sophia was not fluent in. In the poem, Tycho represents Sophia as Urania, the Muse of astronomy in Greek mythology, and Erik as a Titan, a son of Uranus (mythology). In the poem, Sophia is depicted as longing for her husband while he studied abroad to study alchemy. This work established the co-dependence that Sophia and Tycho maintained, including their similar beliefs. Lastly, the poem was a large indicator of Tycho publicizing his bond with his sister, establishing himself as a Renaissance man and unashamed of his work with his sister.

Genealogy
Sophia is well known for her work in genealogy. Sophia's first work was completed in 1600. During this time, genealogy was placed in documents called family books. These books contained many aspects of the family's life such as family members, traditions, and different family branches. In Sophia's renditions of her family book she included letters and correspondence with other women concerning their interwoven heritage and possible relatives. Sophia also included anecdotes from her family and rarely placed her own comments within her works. Sophia's work was common among women during her time, as women were valued for their penmanship and tasked to maintain their duties of running a household.