User:Kit19/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

 * Capture of Roxburgh (1314)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to its topic. Everything in the body of the article relates to the Capture of Roxburgh and/or the First War for Scottish Independence. One line in the "Background" section of the article seems to be written in a narrative tone instead of a purely factual one. Additionally, while there is only one quotation, it makes up the entirety of one of the four sections, each of which are only a few sentences. As such, more needs to be included in order to help readers understand why it was an important moment for the Scots instead of leaving them to interpret a newspaper article from the 1300s. There are only two intext citations throughout the article, meaning that not every claim the author makes is cited. Those citations come from two book, one published in 2001 and the other published in 1963 meaning that the information is most likely in need of being updated. the article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps and there are no discussions on the "Talk" page.
 * Sources
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23074055.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A7b3af2e1d8f2796f900a9f4b5d80f237&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&origin=
 * Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland by G. W. S. Barrow (2005)
 * Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce by David Cornell (2009)
 * Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland by G. W. S. Barrow (2005)
 * Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce by David Cornell (2009)

Option 2

 * Anna of Savoy
 * Article Evaluation
 * All of the information in the article pertains to the topic. While it offers the most information out of all of the articles listed here, it is still lacking in details. There are some lines in the article that are semi-biased in nature/narrative in style. For example, the article states that both sides were taking advantage of the war for their own gains, but does not provide proof of this being true and does not cite a source. The article has 11 inline citations which are taken from 6 books/articles. Two were published in the 1960s, 3 in the 1990s, and the most recent was published in 2000. This article is about a woman which is one of Wikipedia's equity gaps. There are no discussions on the "Talk" page for this article.
 * Sources
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/1291874
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/1291881
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/26497738
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/1291881
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/26497738

Option 3

 * Mohammad Abu Abdallah Ben Hudzail al Sahuir
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic, but it lacks context and supporting details. It leaves the reader confused when it should help elaborate on the topic and/or clear up any misconceptions. The article appears to be neutral in tone, but is very vague in its descriptions. There are only two claims cited in the article, one after Al-Azraq's name and the other after the Al-Azraq Treaty of 1245. The sources are fairly recent, being from 2000 and 2009, respectively. The article tackles Wikipedia's equity gaps surrounding minorities since Al-Azraq was Arab and Muslim, though it does not describe anything in much detail. There is nothing on the "Talk" page.
 * Sources
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24450324.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A88dac5e4ed25969d705c3e2c12f20487&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26199747.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3423b1b563bd72acc51e3eef070fb443&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24450324.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A6bccc6b920d15809f14a6c899e029d90&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26199747.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3423b1b563bd72acc51e3eef070fb443&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24450324.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A6bccc6b920d15809f14a6c899e029d90&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=

Option 4

 * Black Brotherhood
 * Article Evaluation
 * The contents of the article pertain to its topic, but it is extremely surface level and lacks any context. The author of the article leans away from neutrality when it states that the Black Brotherhood was more "moderate in their political outlook" than their counterparts without citing any sources to back this claim up. Without a source, it is just an opinion and should not be stated to begin with without evidence to back it up. As for sources, there is only one which is from a 2006 book. In the article itself, there is only one in-text citation which is used at the end of a quote. This article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps and there are no discussions on the "Talk" page.
 * Sources
 * The White and Black Confraternities of Toulouse and the Albigensian Crusade, 1210–1211 by Laurence W. Marvin (2009).
 * Sources
 * The White and Black Confraternities of Toulouse and the Albigensian Crusade, 1210–1211 by Laurence W. Marvin (2009).

Option 5

 * Margaret of Scotland, Countess of Kent
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article included information relevant to the topic and, while it desperately needs more in order to properly do Margaret of Scotland justice, it is one of the most detailed articles. It appears to be neutral in tone though only one claim has a citation (which is a link to a Live Journal article from 2010). In addition to this, three external links have been included by the author though none redirect to professional articles or historical sites. This article touches on one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it is about a woman. Additionally, there are two comments on the "Talk" page, one discussing the dates she got married and the other clarifying a name.
 * Sources
 * The Daughters of William the Lion and Queen Ermengarde (2015).
 * The princesses who might have been hostages: the custody and marriages of Margaret and Isabella of Scotland, 1209-1220s by Katherine Weikert (2017).
 * Female hostages: definitions and distinctions by Gwen Seabourne (2017).
 * The princesses who might have been hostages: the custody and marriages of Margaret and Isabella of Scotland, 1209-1220s by Katherine Weikert (2017).
 * Female hostages: definitions and distinctions by Gwen Seabourne (2017).