User:Sboi21/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

 * Prehistoric medicine
 * Article Evaluation
 * Some of the claims are sourceless, and also are hard to prpove, such as speculation on why osteoarthiritis would have been more popular. There are issues with unreliable sources, lack of citations, and circular citations. This article does tackle an equity gap, but it seems to do so quite well. I would argue that more specificity for geographical locations would have better served this information.
 * Some of the claims are sourceless, and also are hard to prpove, such as speculation on why osteoarthiritis would have been more popular. There are issues with unreliable sources, lack of citations, and circular citations. This article does tackle an equity gap, but it seems to do so quite well. I would argue that more specificity for geographical locations would have better served this information.
 * Some of the claims are sourceless, and also are hard to prpove, such as speculation on why osteoarthiritis would have been more popular. There are issues with unreliable sources, lack of citations, and circular citations. This article does tackle an equity gap, but it seems to do so quite well. I would argue that more specificity for geographical locations would have better served this information.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * History of medicine


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is lacking a section onmedicine during the neolithic, going from paleolithic to traditional chinese medicine/Ayurveda. This jump from "preshistoric" to historical is one I would disagree with. The CharakaSamhita and SusrutaSamhita section had no source either.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * CREATE NEWLY -> NEOLITHIC MEDICINE


 * Article Evaluation
 * In the history of medicine, there is only prehistoric (correlated with paleolithic based on description) and ancient civilizations, but between these times is the neolithic, and there exists no such page. Hence I think we should create a new page on neolithic medicine, and add some of that information to the history of medicine page (see my 2nd option)


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Ancient Greek medicine


 * Article Evaluation
 * "However, in some instances, the fault of the ailment was still placed on the patient and the role of the physician was to conciliate with the gods or exorcise the demon with prayers, spells, and sacrifices." Is an unsubstantiated claim with no source
 * This one too: "According to the treatise "Prognostic", a physician was able to increase their reputation and respect through "prognosis", knowing the outcome of the disease. Physicians had an active role in the lives of patients, taking into consideration their residence. Distinguishing between fatal diseases and recoverable disease was important for patient trust and respect, positively influencing patient compliance."
 * This one too: "He made countless observations of nature, especially the habits and attributes of plants and animals in the world around him, which he devoted considerable attention to categorizing. In all, Aristotle classified 540 animal species, and dissected at least 50."


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Neolithic Revolution


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is missing a section on medicine in the neolithic. I think this may be due to the lack of wikipedia supported evidence, but it hasn't happened yet. I assume this due to the general lack of this information across pages.
 * Statements like the following are made, when I think they should be prefaced with "it is theorized" or something of that sort, given the lack of conclusive evidence, even if the statement isn't contradictory
 * "Most hunter-gatherers could not easily store food for long due to their migratory lifestyle, whereas those with a sedentary dwelling could store their surplus grain. Eventually granaries were developed that allowed villages to store their seeds longer. So with more food, the population expanded and communities developed specialized workers and more advanced tools."
 * "Most hunter-gatherers could not easily store food for long due to their migratory lifestyle, whereas those with a sedentary dwelling could store their surplus grain. Eventually granaries were developed that allowed villages to store their seeds longer. So with more food, the population expanded and communities developed specialized workers and more advanced tools."


 * Sources