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boldness --Wiki assingment - What is a Content Gap? -- Article chosen: Tecun Uman (Mayan legend) --- '''Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?'''

Everything is fairly relevant, since Tecun Uman is considered a man and a legend it is difficult to separate the history of the two.

'''Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?'''

It doesn't seem to be completely neutral, the claims made seem to be made in a way to where the bias leans more towards the Spaniards.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

Viewpoints over represented: Hispanic, Viewpoints underrepresented: Mayan

'''Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?'''

All the links work, and yes they are relevant to what the article is talking about in respect to land, people, and battles.

'''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?'''

There is not a lot of literature out there on this topic (Tecun Uman) because the conquistadors destroyed most of Mayan texts. It is still debatable if Tecun Uman is a man different than the legend that is told.

'''Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?'''

I feel as though articles that talk about Mayan culture (secondary sources) would be helpful in this stub due to the lack of information that we were able to retrieve from the early 1500's on this topic. A lot of sources could potentially be added, it just all depends on how reliable and how historically accurate these sources are. (Note: anything is going to be considered out of date when coming from the 1500's)

'''Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?'''

There is a current debate on whether or not Tecun Uman was a real person or rather a "legendary figure" so, currently there is a struggle for sources and legitimate documentation of the topic.

'''How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?'''

Didn't discuss in class. Told us not to answer.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

It differs in the fact that it is still an existing wikipedia article on a subject that has little to no sources and is based (at least what seems to be) Mayan Folklore. Some reliable resources (even secondary) needs to be dug up to help support the information presented. It also could use revisions to make it seem less bias in favor of the Hispanic Community. (I would know, I'm one of them.) -- Week 4 - assignment Article: Popol Vuh

Some improvements I can tell that are going to need to be done include just a general cleanup of the Wikipedia article. There are a few grammar errors that need to be taken care of as well as some straightening out of the sources as they are not listed in an orderly fashion.

Possible sources/references to use:

https://www.ancient.eu/Popol_Vuh/ -Popol Vuh (Article Title) -Joshua J. Mark (Author) https://www.ancient.eu/article/655/maya-writing/ -Maya writing (article title) -Mark Cartwright

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Article Draft For Popol Vuh

Article I'm working on Popol Vuh

Link to Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popol_Vuh

Link to Sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GuyJWG/sandbox

Introduction

Popol Vuh (also Popol Wuj)[1] is a cultural narrative that recounts the mythology and history of the K'iche' people who inhabit(ed) the Guatemalan Highlands northwest of present-day Guatemala City. This document retells the creation and successes of the Maya K'iche' empire which starts with the ancient world and ends with the colonization of European peoples in the Americas. (link here)

History of Hunahpú and Xbalanqué in Popul Vuh (New Addition)

Many versions of the legend of Hunahpu and Xbalanque circulated through the Mayan peoples however the story that survived, preserved by ___ (put link here) is .....

'''Myth of Hunahpú and Xbalanqué in Popul Vuh (New Addition) '''

Talk about the first set of twins Hun Hunahpu and Vuqub Hunahpu (which means one death and seven death) (link here) Mayan belief in cyclical time had to do with this. The first set of twins die and the second avenge their death and eventually become the Sun and Moon which singaled a new age in their world.

GuyJWG (talk) 14:27, 13 October 2017 (UTC)GuyJWG

Additional Links: https://prezi.com/qzaordfy3b8p/influences-of-the-popol-vuh-in-the-past-and-present/ http://www.famsi.org/research/kerr/articles/xbalanque/index.html https://www.thoughtco.com/hunahpu-xbalanque-maya-hero-twins-17159

Link to sandbox

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sjwkcc/sandbox#Josh