User:Hchaney3/sandbox

Where we are contributing/editing our draft for Islamic Gardens:

User:Tarikislam64/sandboxforgardens

Work from Wiki modules:

Article Evaluation (Basmala) :

 * Everything in the article is relevant to the topic. However, the information is a little choppy and maybe better organization will make it follow better and help readers to understand the information better.
 * I think a lot of information is missing. The Basmala is very important in the Muslim religion and I think the history of the use of the term could include a lot more information.
 * More information could be added to the Use and Significance section and possibly improve the section.
 * The article is mostly neutral, except for where the author claims that "the Basmala is the most prevalent motif ".
 * This claim needs a citation in the article
 * Most of the links to the citations works. There is one that leads to a page that is nonexistent. The sources that I checked were neutral and came from various country's constitutions.
 * A lot of conversations are happening on the Talk page. Several users want to add audio files to improve the article. There are several discussions about Basmala vs. Bismallah and there are a lot of edits to the article since its creation.
 * It is part of Wikiproject Islam. It is rated as Start-Class and considered Low-Importance.
 * The Wikipedia article gives more information and history about the Basmala than discussed in class.

Ideas for Islamic Garden Article

 * Add section about historic gardens such as: Holland
 * Iwan in courtyard of Mashhad al-Husayn, Location: Aleppo, Syria 1195
 * Alhambra, Dome of the Two Sisters. Location: Granada, Spain, 1380 (add more to current section relative to what we learned in class and research)
 * Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba, Spain 936-76
 * Similar structure and formatting to the section already in the article about existing Islamic gardens
 * Add to section of Existing gardens: Tarik
 * Garden at al-Azhar (was restored early 14th century and again in 2011) (add more to current section relative to what we learned in class and research)
 * Add illustrations of the gardens that we include and add information to
 * Check the credibility of sources:
 * http://www.cliffordawright.com/caw/food/entries/display.php/topic_id/29/id/53/
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20061206002657/http://www.pps.org/info/gps/60places?referrer=gps_home Relevant Sources:
 * Ruggles, D. Fairchild. Gardens, Landscapes, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000.
 * Ruggles, D. Fairchild. ‘Gardens’. Encyclopedia of Islam, THREE. Ed. Kate Fleet et al. Brill Reference Online. Web. 7 Nov. 2018.
 * Edited by Margaret S. Graves. Islamic Art, Architecture, and Material Culture. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2012.
 * Edited by Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom. Rivers of Paradise: water in Islamic art and culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.