User:Simrshar/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

 * "History of Tattooing"
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Written neutrally and informatively
 * - Covers a wide variety of regions and their history regarding tattoos
 * - Includes the origin of tattoos in the Neolithic and how they developed over the centuries
 * - Includes the origin of tattoos in the Neolithic and how they developed over the centuries


 * Sources
 * - Reliable and included after every few sentences/claims
 * - Properly cited

Option 2

 * "Clothing in the Ancient World"
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Reliable and neutrally written
 * - Informative of the type of clothing all ages, genders, and social classes would wear
 * - Includes a variety of cultural clothing/accessories (i.e. wigs, headdresses, jewelry, etc.)
 * - Focuses on several ancient regions/people/cultures
 * - Focuses on several ancient regions/people/cultures


 * Sources
 * - Properly cited
 * - Lack of citations after every few sentences; instead, all of the sources are tagged at the end of the paragraph
 * - Mostly hyperlinks

Option 3

 * "Moccasin"
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Includes the contemporary and historic use for moccasins and, depending on the purpose, how the different designs were important
 * - Concise but informative
 * - Concise but informative


 * Sources
 * - Properly cited
 * - Multiple citations after every few sentences; emphasizes honesty
 * - Multiple citations after every few sentences; emphasizes honesty

Option 4

 * "Beadwork"
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Describes beading of modern/ancient times and of many regions
 * - Includes the historical significance and development of beadwork over the centuries
 * - Neutral tone and based on legitimate facts, not bias or self-knowledge
 * - Neutral tone and based on legitimate facts, not bias or self-knowledge


 * Sources
 * - Multiple sources
 * - Properly cited

Option 5

 * "Horned Helmet"
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Includes the design changes/development over different period of time
 * - Neutrally written and relevant to the topic
 * - Neutrally written and relevant to the topic


 * Sources
 * - Includes hyperlinks; no citations after paragraphs
 * - Lack of citations throughout the text, but is included at the end of the article