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Draft of Contributions to Change:

In the Translations section we plan to add more on Wendy Doniger and her "Redeeming the Kamasutra.”  Such as:

Wendy Doniger’s translation of the Kama Sutra has been deemed more accurate than Sir Richard Frances Burton’s 1883 translation. Her modernized translation shed a light on topics in the original Kama Sutra that were possibly mistranslated by Burton. Doniger’s translation highlights the texts regarding women’s pleasure and includes a chapter on the third gender.

Also we're going to link the Kama Sutra Wikipedia to the Hinduism and LGBT topics. In the Hinduism and LGBT topics wiki they elaborate on the queerness present in the original Kamasutra and have a section dedicated to the third gender.

References:

Rupp, Leila. Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women. New York, NY. New York University Press, 2011. Pgs 40- 51

Doniger, Wendy. Redeeming the Kamasutra. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016.Pgs 109-123

Doniger, Wendy. On the Kamasutra. Cambridge, MA. The MIT Press, 2016

Rosario, Vernon. More than a Sanskrit Manual. Gay and Lesbian View Worldwide, 2016.

Article Evaluation:

Evaluating content


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Everything in the article is relevant just sparse. Nothing particularly distracting, just lacking a lot of content.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? LGBTQ content is missing. Particularly the chapter on the Third Gender and same sex relations.
 * What else could be improved? Adding more info on Wendy Doniger's work

Evaluating tone


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? It's not so much the tone but the lack of information on Wendy Doniger's translations compared to Burtons.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? See Above

Evaluating sources


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? It's not yet linked to Hinduism and LGBTQ topics but thats one of out goals for editing.
 * 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? Doniger's translation is the very first citation yet the past editors referenced Burtons the most. Checking the talk page Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? A lot of edit requests being denied. One about how the kama sutra and a short convo at the end saying we should add something about how feminists view the kama sutra
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It has a B-class rating. Its a part of 4 different WikiProjects: India, Books, Anthropology, and Sexology
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? Its mostly just short passages asking about dates and basic info. In class we spoke way more about its relation to Lesbian/queerness. Theres nothing about that in the talk pages
 * GROUP WORK DONE BY SARAH ROCHFORD, LISA HARRIMAN, MICHAEL WEINBERG