User:Gabby223/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
 * Hawaiian Renaissance


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article was rated as "start," and thus has basic information, but it is missing a lot of pertinent information, specifically on specific cultural practices and language. In addition, there are lots of lines in the article that do not have citations that should. Finally, I think it could be updated to talk about how the Hawaiian renaissance has helped shape Hawai'i today, for example how the revitalization of the language has progressed now that children have gone through the Punana Leo schools, how how the halau hula has changed since the introduction of the Merrie Monarch Festival.


 * Sources
 * Wilson, William H., and Kauanoe Kamana. ""Mai Loko Mai 0 Ka 'J'ini: Proceeding from a Dream": The 'Aha Punana Leo Connection in Hawaiian Language Revitalization". The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2001. https://doi-org.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/10.1163/9789004261723_014 Web.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Polynesian Tattoo Cultural Practices (not an article)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article does not yet exist. While I was able to find a few separate pages on the practice for distinct Polynesian cultures, I think it would be beneficial to have them all in one article since the histories and practices are so similar. In addition, since they would all be short articles on their own, the combination of them would make one robust article. I think this would be important to include on wikipedia because many people still think get "tribal" tattoos because they think it looks cool, when in fact it is an instance of cultural appropriation.


 * Sources
 * “Skin Stories. History of Tattoo.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/skinstories/history/hawaii.html.
 * “Polynesian Tattoo: History, Meanings and Traditional Designs.” Zealand Tattoo, 31 July 2020, www.zealandtattoo.co.nz/tattoo-styles/polynesian-tattoo-history-meanings-traditional-designs/.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Aboriginal Whaling


 * Article Evaluation
 * I do not think this article is very well written, and I think it could have more citations. I also noticed that it includes the whaling practices of many other countries, but none had as much information as the United States did. I think it would be interesting and more fair to balance these out. In addition, it has notes on the top of the article from Wikipedia that state that this article needs attention and has possibly paraphrasing of a source.


 * Sources
 * “Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in the Arctic.” Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling, iwc.int/aboriginal.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Colonial Disease in the Hawaiian Islands


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article also does not exist yet, but is something I think could be deserving of its own article since there were many different times that overseas ailments had an affect on Hawaiian population. Since disease is something that directly contributed to the genocide of Hawaiian natives, I think this article would be easily related to our class studies, and would be an important addition to wikipedia.


 * Sources
 * Blakemore, Erin. “How Measles Helped Destroy the Hawaiian Monarchy.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 5 Feb. 2019, www.history.com/news/hawaii-monarchy-downfall-measles-outbreak.

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