User:Peterpietri/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

 * Article title
 * Nacotchtank


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is very scant information on a rather historical indigenous tribe. Only 4 sources are listed in the References section, meanwhile only 2 of those sources are used in the article. In addition, after each of the 2 was cited once, they were not cited subsequently. Thus, every claim does not have a citation. The article, although very short, is written neutrally. Even though the article is very short, within the information it does contain, it does cover one of Wikipedia's Equity Gaps, as it covers a specific indigenous tribe, with indigenous peoples being a historically underrepresented population


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is very short as well, with only a large lead section and nothing else (besides See More category). Article utilizes 4 sources, all of which appear to be reliable. This article does not cite after every claim, but rather cites once at the end of each paragraph, which makes each statement questionable as to whether it is coming from the source listed at the end of the paragraph or some other source. The article is neutral and does cover one of Wikipedia's Equity Gaps, as it discusses a topic relating to indigenous membership and what constitutes being indigenous, with indigenous peoples being historically underrepresented and misrepresented.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Indigenous peoples in Venezuela


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is fairly short and does not go into enough detail about some of the indigenous tribes of Venezuela. It includes some examples of indigenous tribes, but does not really go into detail about any one tribe. Elaboration and expanding is definitely needed. It is written neutrally and has a good amount of sources that all seem to be reliable. Each claim is followed up with a citation. The article does of course cover one of Wikipedia's Equity Gaps as it discusses indigenous populations, a group of people which collectively have been underrepresented in coverage throughout history.


 * Sources

As indicated in the Training Module, I will note here that the article I am selecting is the article on the Nacotchtank tribe. I did a great amount of research on this tribe in the process of my land ackowledgmenent, and find that the existing article is far too short and scant in information. I will elaborate on the history of the tribe as well as how their encounters with colonizers have led to their erasure and fragmentation. I have a lot of great sources to use and am looking forward to making this article much more informative and coherent.