User:Emily.Greisman/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

 * Article title
 * Adornment


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a very small amount of information concerning adornment and it's cultural and societal meanings. Adornment relates to my groups topic which is body art, concerning specifically symbolism of accessories. The article does appear to be written neutrally, not including any evident bias and not heavy in any one specific area of the overall topic. The article is relatively short and full of sparse information which allows for the potential of my group to edit this article very successfully adding in more information of more use. I do not think that this article appears to attack any of Wikipedia's gaps thoroughly as it is a very underdeveloped article. Overall this article allows much room for editing and relates directly to our groups topic which I think makes it a good potential article.


 * Sources
 * https://www.centredaily.com/entertainment/this-weekend/article42848985.html

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Ochre


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article contains a small amount of information concerning ochre which is a prominent material utilized when body painting and body art is created. This relates directly to our topic of body art itself. This article has a large list of citations and has the claims backed up with citations as well making me believe that information is credible. The article does not specifically identify or speak about one of Wikipedia's gaps but rather informs of the use of ochre in body art. Overall the information in the article has gaps in which my group can add and edit information making it an article that I feel is good prospect for my group.


 * Sources
 * https://theconversation.com/what-the-use-of-ochre-tells-us-about-the-capabilities-of-our-african-ancestry-47081
 * https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/prehistoric-use-of-ochre-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-humans

Option 3

 * Article title
 * History of Tattooing


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is a very well composed article concerning tattooing and it's history and development. Tattooing relates directly to my groups topic as our topic is body art and tattooing is a major form of body art. Lot's of citations are available for access on this page, much of the information has a citation hyperlinked to it. Being as there are many citations available for the information provided throughout the text I believe that the information is relatively reliable. This article does not directly have anything to do with a specific gap present on Wikipedia but it does discuss body art and tattooing of minorities, subtly providing information about groups in which may not be as prominent throughout articles on Wikipedia. Overall this article has a lot of information on this subject which would make it a bit more difficult to make edits and add too, but being as it is a C level article with room for improvement I believe it is still a viable option for my group to make edits to.


 * Sources
 * https://medermislaserclinic.com/blog/tattoo-culture-around-the-world/

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