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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

 * Article title
 * Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article has a lack of images. Only three sources is not too reliable. The definition for Shamanism is two sentences, could be expanded on, as well as the synopsis too. There is not too much content, and included a ton about the background of the book, but little about the actual book. What it talks about, is neutral though.


 * Sources
 * Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade
 * Totemism by Claude Levi-Strauss
 * Technicians of the Sacred by Jerome Rothenberg
 * Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Bollingen Series LXXVI by Mircea Eliade, W.R. Trask

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Magic (supernatural)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article includes a wide variety of content, the article is as neutral is it can be, adding links to external or internal cites as much as possible. There are over 250 citations, so the sources and citations are good. There is a ton happening in the talk page, making this article a solid source.


 * Sources
 * Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time: The Occult in Pre-Modern Sciences, Medicine, Literature, Religion, and Astrology
 * Magic traits in speciation: ‘magic’ but not rare?

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Demon


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article includes a ton of great images, categories in the content, and citations to help prove the validity of the article. It was also pretty unbiased with a strong introductory lead. The talk page also has a lot of conversations about the article being modified.


 * Sources
 * Gods, princes and demons: like Hinduism itself, the Ramayana epic is open to many interpretations. Herein lies its true beauty, writes. Salil Tripathi
 * The Disguises of the Demon: The Development of the Yaksa in Hinduism and Buddhism by Gail Hinich Sutherland; Ganesh: Studies of an Asian God by Robert L. Brown
 * Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism by Alf Hiltebeitel

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