User:Htessier/sandbox

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1.) "Handkerchief History." Handkerchief Heros. The Accidental Collector, n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2016. . http://handkerchiefheroes.com/home/

This website is owned by the company known as "The Accidental Collector" and features the history behind the Handkerchief. While the article doesn't have a noted author it does truly make up for this absence with the information that it contains as well as the sources found within. To be fair the sources are not noted at the bottom in any format what so ever but it does show where the information can be found. Attached to each photo the author describes what we are looking at and credits who made the photo and the author of the book he is getting the information. In closing although this source is missing some information that Wikipedia would find very important, I do believe that this could be a source that has true information that I could use on my page.

2.) Walker, John. "A Brief History of Gay Signaling, From Hanky Codes to That ‘What Gay Guys are Actually Like’ Video." fusion.net. Fusion, 2 May 2015. Web. 8 Apr. 2016. . http://fusion.net/story/129105/a-brief-history-of-gay-signaling-from-hanky-codes-to-that-what-gay-guys-are-actually-like-video/

This online article can be found on the Fusion Networks website. This article covers the uses of a handkerchief in the LGBT community that is known as "Handkerchief codes." The article has a few videos that explain what the codes mean and how they are precieved to other people. The author describes the video for us talking about how gay men see each other in a hallway and his runway type of interaction. While it gives information on handkerchief codes it is also a great source. The article is less than a year old. It has a known author listed at the beginning of the article. It even has quotes with citations following the sentence. It even has links you can click to see what he is talking about in his writing (example: The hankie code chart). Overall this is a great citation that I can use.

3.) Jabs, Betsy. "Use a Hanky? Seriously?" www.diynatural.com. DIY, 12 Mar. 2012. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.  http://www.diynatural.com/using-handkerchiefs-instead-of-facial-tissue/

In the online article the author covers the health benefits to using a hanky over a tissue. Betsy Jabs, writes mainly to the mothers who flock to DIY who are looking for answers to help their families. The author tells personal stories and observations to help drive her point home. I do believe that this is a reliable source because the author is talking about her personal experiences that happened in real life. While making her point she explains why it is (for example) better cost efficient to have hankies. The article is a little dated I will admit but at least we can be sure that this is real person who wrote this article. DIY puts a description of the author at the end of the article that talks about what they do at DIY and what makes them qualified to cover a certain topic. Overall I'd say this is a solid reference.