User:Shuangj/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
 * Cardiff Giant


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally. Not every claim has a citation. The citations are reliable. I don't think the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it is a well-known hoax.


 * Sources
 * https://www.farmersmuseum.org/cardiff-giant/
 * https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/articles/a-look-back-at-home-grown-hoax-the-taughannock-giant/
 * https://archive.archaeology.org/0511/etc/giants.html

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Mound Builders


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally. Every claim has a citation. The citations are reliable. I don't think the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it is well-known.


 * Sources
 * https://www.nytimes.com/1897/12/20/archives/wisconsin-mound-opened-skeleton-found-of-a-man-over-nine-feet-high.html
 * https://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/000363.html
 * Feder, KL. Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Mountain View, Mayfield 1999.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Piltdown Man


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally. Not every claim has a citation. The citations are reliable. I don't think the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it is a well-known hoax.


 * Sources
 * https://archive.org/details/piltdownpapers1900spen

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Atlantis


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally. Every claim has a citation. The citations are reliable. I don't think the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it is well-known.


 * Sources
 * Feder, KL. Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Mountain View, Mayfield 1999.
 * Hale, John R. (2009). Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy. New York: Penguin. p. 368.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Ancient astronauts


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally. Every claim has a citation. The citations are reliable. I don't think the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it always has been a controversial topic.


 * Sources
 * https://books.google.com/books?id=OXhsbM6-lx0C&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false
 * https://books.google.com/books?id=mvFKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA236