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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

 * Theodora (wife of Justinian I)
 * Evaluation: Highly opinionated (not trying to be neutral at certain points). Citations are used, but several of them are not of reputable quality nor peer-reviewed. Tackles one of the equity gaps - women. Many on the talk page are critiquing the narrative undertones of article and blatantly anti-feminist rhetoric at certain points.
 * Sources:
 * https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96038-8_5
 * https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2020-0034
 * https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96038-8_5
 * https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2020-0034

Option 2

 * Louis the Child
 * Evaluation: Certain parts poorly written. Alarmingly few citations used (and when used, used poorly). This article is referring to Louis III (King of the East Franks), but the title makes it so he could be confused with somebody else. Many of the sources used are very out of date.
 * Sources: (this might not be the one to pick, very difficult to find sources - but interesting!)
 * https://doi.org/10.1484/M.IMR-EB.3.3436
 * https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521362924.008
 * https://doi.org/10.1484/M.IMR-EB.3.3436
 * https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521362924.008

Option 3

 * Slavery in the Byzantine Empire
 * Evaluation: Broad claims used throughout with little citations given to back it up. Narrative tone at certain points. Sections appear rather short for talking about the entirety of slavery in the Byzantine Empire.
 * Sources:
 * ISBN: 978-90-04-47089-7
 * ISBN: 978-0-415-44010-3
 * https://doi.org/10.2307/1291129
 * ISBN: 978-0-415-44010-3
 * https://doi.org/10.2307/1291129

Option 4

 * Women in the Byzantine Empire
 * Evaluation: Sources are out of date, seems like an emphasis on historiography rather than the actual women, overly broad - when exactly are we talking, poorly written, blatantly using judgmental language in the piece - without supporting evidence (this is particularly true for the bits on women's sexuality).
 * Sources
 * https://www.jstore.org/stable/3632683
 * https://www.jstore.org/stable/44171058
 * ISBN: 0-521-52071-1 (pg. 427-447)
 * https://www.jstore.org/stable/44171058
 * ISBN: 0-521-52071-1 (pg. 427-447)

Option 5

 * Justinian II
 * Evaluation: Little detail on his family life, seems really biased in favor of Justinian II (non-neutral language being used), repetitive use of two sources - behind on the field, out of touch
 * Sources
 * https://www.jstore.org/stable/44170282 (for historiography)
 * https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceab113
 * https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004472952_007
 * https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceab113
 * https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004472952_007