User:Paigedevans/sandbox

The topic I have chosen to evaluate is History in Fashion Design. I want to learn more about the history of fashion because I’m very interested in clothing and fashion throughout the centuries. I am also considering minoring in Fashion Design so it is a relevant topic for me. I want to know more about how fashion really began and the different trends over the centuries. I also want to learn more about specific iconic designers and how they left impacts on history. The article I evaluated hasn't been updated for a while and needs a lot of work. It has a lot of bias and relies heavily of one source. It also is mainly just about the history of western fashion. This article should be renamed to “History of Western Fashion since 1900.” After renaming it, it could use more information on fashion since 1990. It also needs more sources and citations and needs reviewed to take out opinions throughout the article. I evaluated the article on my sandbox page and posted on the talk page but have not yet heard anything back. I don’t think I will use this specific article for my project but plan to stay within the fashion topic. I may chose something more specific like a specific fashion trend, century, or designer.

My first sandbox entry got deleted where I posted the original evaluation of the "History in Fashion Design" article. I explained how the article relied mainly on one source. It also hasn't been updated in almost 10 years so it needs new updated information on the years of fashion that have happened since the original post. The article is also very biased and is written more like a personal essay. After reading others talk page posts, they agree with my statements. They also made me notice that the article is mainly just about western fashion and should be considered getting renamed "History of Western Fashion." The article needs more sources and citations as well.

The article I have officially chosen to do my project on is “Coco Chanel.” This is a c-class article about a very important fashion designer that changed the fashion world forever. I chose to do a designer rather than a very broad topic of fashion. Having a topic of a specific person will help to find good information that is really relevant to the topic. I think I will do good with a more bibliography type of wiki page rather than a broad subject. The talk page for this article expresses a lot of concern with incorrect information. I plan to get reliable sources and edit the specific information they are talking about. There is also complaints about the structure of the article. I plan to go over the training for how to write and set up wiki articles correctly and restructure the information in this article to meet the standards for wiki articles. The talk page I posted on for “History of Fashion Design” has not been commented on yet. I got feedback on my blog post that fashion is a good topic with lots of information. They also agreed that it would be better to narrow the topic down so I can give better specific information for my article.

Found my original post - Evaluating: History of Fashion Design

This article is structured very well. It has a clear summary at the beginning and then goes through different sections of history in subtitles. There are also many problems with this article. It relies on only one source for all it's information. It is also written like a personal reflection or opinion essay. There is bias in this article which needs to be taken out. The article does have a lot of coverage. It has a lot of information starting from before 1900 when fashion began, up until 1990s. This article could also be improved by adding information on fashion after the 1990s and in modern day.

After reading the talk page, I found many similarities and more things that could be changed this article. Many also say the article needs to be less biased and that it heavily relies on only one source for information. Many also say that the article is mainly about just western fashion, it needs more citations, and that the introduction and article as a whole are too long. I agree with these comments and believe theres is a lot that could be done to improve this article. Many also suggest renaming the article to "History of Western Fashion since 1990" to be more clear what the article is really about.

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After closely going over the talk page, I have decided to work on the early life, later years, and the “Coco” nickname. Many were concerned that Coco Chanel didn't grow up in an orphanage and actually learned to sew from her two aunts who raised her after her father died. I am going to look into this and find reliable sources for where Chanel really grew up and learned to sew from. Some are also concerned about the reliability that the French were venomous towards Chanel’s new comeback collection in 1954. I am going to look into the French’s real reaction toward Chanel’s line and find out if they really did anything venomous toward her. Lastly, people are unclear about where exactly Chanel got her nickname “Coco.” The article itself only claims where the nickname “possibly” could come from. I plan to find a reliable source that explains exactly how she got the nickname and change the article to be clear.

I have made some edits and plan to post them in a couple days. I wanted to look into some of the facts of Chanel’s early life. Some were worried that what she claimed later in her life was the true story so I wanted to back it up. Although, every source i found agrees with the article. I found at least four reliable sources that agree with this. This last paragraph does a good job by letting the readers know that she does claim a different story in her later life but that those are only claims. I also made changes to the section that talks about where the “Coco” nickname came from. I found a video explaining where Coco Chanel really got the “coco” nickname. Many were suspicious about the unclarity of the origin of the nickname before. I also made changes to her later years and the real reactions on her comeback collection. The original article claimed that the french had a venomous reaction to chanel's new collection but they did not necessarily react in a bad way. They did not promote it, but they didn’t go against it. They had a neutral opinion about the line due to their grudge for chanela action during the war.