User:Sertmeer/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
 * Indentured servitude in Pennsylvania:
 * Article Evaluation
 * Very vague opening line that does not describe much about the article
 * No description of list of topics covered
 * Focuses a lot on indentured servants in general rather than specifically in Pennsylvania(whole section dedicated to this).
 * Sources
 * https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Indentured-Servants.aspx:

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Indian indenture system
 * Article Evaluation
 * Some unnecessary sub categories that could be incorporated into other sections
 * Does not summarize the indenture agreement of 1912, states it word for word
 * Mostly even focus on each category in the article
 * Sources
 * https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/indian-indentured-labourers/:
 * Sources
 * https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/indian-indentured-labourers/:

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Engagé
 * Article Evaluation
 * Not many categories or information about Engages.
 * References the historical opinion on the amount of deaths from Engages but does not cite it
 * Greater focus on Engages in Louisiana
 * Sources
 * https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095751881:
 * https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095751881:

Option 4

 * Article title
 * John Punch (slave):
 * Article Evaluation
 * Stronger focus on his descendants throughout the article, and the descendants category is the largest
 * Vague intro sentence to Indentured status section
 * Punctuation and unfinished quotation marks in one paragraph.
 * Sources
 * https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/experience/responses/spotlight.html
 * Sources
 * https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/experience/responses/spotlight.html

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Indentured servitude in Virginia:
 * Article Evaluation
 * General explanation of indentured servitude
 * Limited information on it's role specifically in Virginia
 * Good flow from each section to the next
 * Sources
 * https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/indentured-servants-in-colonial-virginia/#:~:text=Indentured%20servants%20were%20men%20and,food%2C%20clothing%2C%20and%20shelter.:
 * https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/indentured-servants-in-colonial-virginia/#:~:text=Indentured%20servants%20were%20men%20and,food%2C%20clothing%2C%20and%20shelter.: