User:Jenlynn1000/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

 * Ceremonial Dance
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is classified as a stub class article.
 * The only thing this article contains is a small top section and a list of different ceremonial dances.
 * There are no sources
 * The talk page is small because there is not much to the article
 * Talk page discusses the existence of a the Sacred Dance wiki page- makes the point that not all ceremonial dances are sacred.
 * also discussed is the potential structure of the article so that it does not overlap with existing sacred dance/ecstatic dance wiki pages.
 * Sources
 * "The Sacred Dance in Indochina and Indonesia"
 * "Sacred Dance at Sensōji"
 * "The Representation and Reality of Religion in Dance"
 * "The Sacred Dance in Indochina and Indonesia"
 * "Sacred Dance at Sensōji"
 * "The Representation and Reality of Religion in Dance"

Option 2

 * Social Dance
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is also a stub class article.
 * Currently has a leading section and a "Social dance in the west" section
 * what about places other than the west?
 * There are 6 references so far
 * The definition needs help - it is very vague.
 * Sources
 * "Social Dance: Contexts and Definitions"
 * "The Power of Dance and Its Social and Political Uses"
 * "Using Nineteenth-Century American Social Dance Manuals"
 * "The Power of Dance and Its Social and Political Uses"
 * "Using Nineteenth-Century American Social Dance Manuals"

Option 3

 * Avant-garde
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is classified as a C-class article with room for improvement.
 * There is a good definition, lead section, and multiples sections, and a good amount of citations.
 * I feel there needs to be more to the article to include more about different forms of avant-garde art - dance, paining, drawing, ect. can be added to the examples section.
 * Article only lists Music and Theatre, and even then, the sections are not that long.
 * Article also lists a number of dance movements- while there are wiki pages on these different movements, I feel a section could be made, specifically how the movements contributed specifically to definition of avant-garde, and what it meant for culture/dance.
 * Sources
 * "Decentering Modernism: Art History and Avant-Garde Art from the Periphery"
 * "The Radical Avant-Garde and the Contemporary Avant-Garde"
 * "The Idea of "Avant-garde" in Art and Politics"
 * "The Radical Avant-Garde and the Contemporary Avant-Garde"
 * "The Idea of "Avant-garde" in Art and Politics"

Option 4

 * Art for art's sake
 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a start class article -
 * The article itself is short, and only has a few sections.
 * The lead section does a good job of defining the meaning of the phrase.
 * There is a history section, and criticism on the phrase.
 * I think this article could be expanded to not just the meaning of the phrase, but also how it affected different forms of art - ex: dance for dance's sake
 * Talk page is very small. There needs to be more citations- some pieces of information are missing citations.
 * There's criticism on the phrase, what about agreeance?
 * Sources
 * "The Uselessness of Art"
 * "The Idea of Art for Art's Sake: Intellectual Origins, Social Conditions, and Poetic Doctrine"
 * "Art for Who's Sake?"
 * "The Idea of Art for Art's Sake: Intellectual Origins, Social Conditions, and Poetic Doctrine"
 * "Art for Who's Sake?"