User:Hhalpern2412/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
 * Humanism


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Humanism page is detailed, with a good, informative lead section, and numerous subsections treating the history of Humanism as well as the many different forms it has taken as it has evolved. My main focus is on the Renaissance Humanism section, as well as on the transition from Renaissance humanism to more modern, secular humanism. The beginning of the former needs more sources, particularly when discussing Petrarch, and the section on the transition is a little sparse.


 * Sources
 * Ada Palmer, Myth of the Renaissance (draft).
 * James Hankins, Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Renaissance Humanism


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section feels a little too long; the last mini-paragraph feels a little unnecessary, and could be removed, save perhaps the Gutenberg information.
 * The page itself is too short, and the subsections don't make very much sense. "Paganism and Christianity in the Renaissance" is a somewhat misleading header for the majority of the article's body, given that Renaissance humanism was all about reconciling ancient, classical (and necessarily pagan) sources with contemporary Europe, which was Christian. And some of the subsections are quite disparate from the rest; there is no reason that "Widespread view" and "Sixteenth century and beyond" should be sections under "Paganism and Christianity in the Renaissance"; if one were determined to keep that overarching section, it should be devoted solely to the different pagan sects that were rediscovered and explored by Renaissance Humanists.
 * There's also a section titled, "Humanist" that contains nothing but a list of Renaissance humanists. This should be removed and the link added to the "See also" section. Alternatively, the link to the list can remain, but the section should be expanded to perhaps provide mini biographies of the most notable Renaissance humanists.
 * There should also be way more mention of the historiography surrounding Renaissance humanism!


 * Sources
 * Ada Palmer, Myth of the Renaissance (draft).
 * James Hankins, Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy.

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