User:Skalaola/sandbox

Evaluating an Article:

Q: Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

A: The article I picked is "Women in musicology". Everything is relevant, however, it is a short article and the only subtopic is "Ethnomusicologists" which I think could be its entire own page.

Q: Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

A: All of the citations are from before 2010, so it could use some updating. There are only three sources so I'm sure there are so many more recent articles that would improve this article. There is just a list of women musicologists, but not really any information about them. Background information on them would be helpful.

Q:What else could be improved?

A: On top of more sources, more background information on the women mentioned, and updated sources, the articles could address even more. Who was the first woman to be in musicology? What stopped women from being a part of it?

Q: Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

A: The article is very neutral. There is only one argument presented and it's given as background to the beliefs of a particular woman musicologist, in direct quotations so it isn't presented as a biased argument.

Q: Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

A: There are only two women mentioned who are given some background information. There is a countless number of other women mentioned but they have no information written about them and are underrepresented.

Q: Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

A: There are only three citations, all of which the links work. The sources do support the facts presented in the articles.

Q: Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

A: All facts are cited with reliable sources. Some sources come from journalism but they are highly accredited journalism sources and aren't argumentative articles.

Q: What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

A: The talk page is blank.

Q: How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

A: It is a start class grade and it not a part of any WikiProjects.

Q: How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

We haven't discussed women in musicology.

Choosing an Article:


 * 1) Pyrrha of Thessaly - The article doesn't talk about why Jove felt pity and thought it might be a good idea to save Pyrrha and Deucalion of all people. It also doesn't talk about where they landed and why Jove was so angry that he decided to bring upon the flood. The textbook alone would help me with that, and I could find even more outside sources to add even more details.
 * 2) Creon - I don't know much about Creon but the article is very short and has few sources. I could definitely improve this somehow.
 * 3) Demophon of Eleusis - I also don't know much about this, but it seems like an intricate story yet the article is so short and has only two sources.