User:Sydneycorbett/sandbox

= Article Evaluation = ''' Next time tie all of these answers into one paragraph, otherwise good work! - Prof Hammad '''
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Yes, everything in the article is relavent to the US Cenus bureau and it is organized in a logical format.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article is neutral. There is no bias regarding the US Census bureau data collection, regions and divisions, and computer equipment.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * It seems like the organizational structure section and the success and failure section is a bit underrepesented. The other sections are represented accurately for their importance.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Yes, the links work and the sources are relevant. The sources for the "data stewardship" subsection and the "legal mandate" section are particularly plentiful and accurate.
 * 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?
 * Yes, each fact is referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference. The majority of the references come from the US Census Bureau website, and others come from peer reviewed and reliable sources. These are most definitely neutral sources. There is no bias.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Yes there can definitely be more information added on the "success and failtures" subsection of the "Handheld Computers" section. I would suggest that there should be a whole new section allocated to the discrepencies of the race category on the recent censuses. Although this is a controversial topic, it can be written on Wikipedia in a way that is neutral. It can describe how the race category is perceived controversial without implying bias toward one particular viewpoint in the writting. This also goes along with how this article is slightly out of date because it does not include the recent discrepencies associate with the new census. It also does not talk about the sources of error in collecting census data, which could be a beneficial subsection to add to the end.
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There appears to be no conversations on the talk page of this article.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * This article is rated as a good article with reliable information.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Wikipedia discusses the topic in a more neutral and informational way than how we have talked about it in class. It also goes more in depth about the history of WWII and how it is connected to the census. It also reports on the TIGER database system used to evaluate the cesnsus results.

= Assignment due 2018-3-14 = First and foremost, I plan to re-word the introduction paragraph so that it has a more logical flow and sounds a little better. I will still use the same references and facts that are currently in the intro because they are trusted scholarly sources. It is good that the article has all of the demographic statistics from the world factbook, but I plan on elaborating on these numbers by providing information as to why and how these statistics exist in Nepal. The religion section is very short and I plan on lengthening it by connecting the religion statistics to the demographic regions of Nepal. Currently, the religious section only describes the percentages of the population that are Hindu, Buddhist, Islam, etc., and I plan on adding to these numbers by describing the different areas of Nepal where some religions are concentrated, why they are concentrated there, and how the religious practices and beliefs of the Nepalese people relate to other demographic measurments. The article only has two small paragraphs about "Nepalese in the U.K." and "Nepalese in Hong Kong". I plan on digging deeper into why Nepalese people in these two countries is significant, and I will add that information to the article. I will also add more information about any other foreign countries that impact Nepal's demographics. The "Foreign Population in Nepal" section is only two sentences long so I will be adding much more to that. I will add more information about why the population growth has been steadily rising, and the projections for Nepal's population growth in the future. The charts, graphs, and pictures in the article are informative and relevant. I think it will be good to start by analyzing the current sources on the article and seeing if there is any more useful information that I can pull from them, then after that I will start to add information from my own sources.

List of relevant reliable sources
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-010-0119-8 (Environmental change and out-migration: evidence from Nepal)

https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2393-10-19 (Demographic, socio-economic, and cultural factors affecting fertility differentials in Nepal)

https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/15/2/223/710469 (Maternal and child health services in rural Nepal: does access or quality matter more?)

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/649567/abs/ (Unmet Need for Family Planning in Nepal During the First Two Years Post-Pardum)

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ce31/f356e55741fbd07a47d6a0b4e84a94d3ae8a.pdf (Understanding rural poverty in Nepal)

https://www-tandfonline-com.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/abs/10.1080/14746680600555410 (The Framing of Religion: Nepal TV Explored)

https://www-tandfonline-com.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/abs/10.1080/00988157.2000.9978248 (Order, Identity and Religion in Nepal)

https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-015-0468-7 (The socio-economic determinants of infant mortality in Nepal: analysis of Nepal Demographic Health Survey, 2011)

Assignment due 2018 - 3 - 28
Religion is important in Nepal; the Kathmandu Valley alone has more than 2,700 religious shrines. The dissolved constitution of Nepal described the country as a "Hindu kingdom", although it did not establish Hinduism as the state religion. Nepal's constitution continues long-standing legal provisions prohibiting discrimination against other religions (but also proselytization). The king was defied as the earthly manifestation of the Hindu god Vishnu. On May 19, 2006, the government faced a constitutional crisis, the House of Representatives which had been just reformed, having been previously dissolved, declared Nepal a "secular state".

Buddhist and Hindu shrines and festivals are respected and celebrated by most Nepalese. Certain animist practices of old indigenous religions survive.

The paragraph and the sentence above are the specific parts of the "Religion" section of the "Demographics of Nepal" article that I would like to edit and improve upon. They are copied directly from the current article. The remainder of the "Religion" section that I do not want to edit is statistics from the census on the percentages of the population that belong to different religion categories. Here are my sentences that I would like to add to the article: (I posted these sentences to the sandbox of the actual article as well):

Currently, Hinduism is the majority religion in Nepal. It is common for many Hindus in the country to also worship Buddhist and sometimes Christian dieties simultaneously with Hindu traditions. The notion of religion in Nepal is more fluid than other countries, particularly Western countries. 

There is a general ideal held by the Nepalese people that there is an omnipotent, transcendental "moral order" that is sacred to Hinduism. This ideal exsists along with the constant presence of chaos and disorder in the material world.

Kathmandu Valley is home to the Newars, a major ethnic group in Nepal. The city Bhaktapur is located inside of Kathmandu Valley. Bhaktapur was once an independent Hindu Kingdom. The perimeter of Kathmandu Valley is lined with shrines devoted to Hindu goddesses, whose purpose is to protect the city from chaotic events. The areas outside of the city are perceived to always possess some form of wild or disordered nature, so the Nepalese people inside of the city lines regularly worship the Hindu gods through public ceremonies. The Nepali people build their social networks through their religious celebrations, which are a central part to the whole of communities within the country.

''' This is an excellent start - The only suggest I have is to think about one or two other concepts from class that you could include in your additions. - Prof H '''

Assignment due 2018 - 4 - 4
Some improvements based on feedback

- Add these to UN vital statistics table:

the average annual rate of population change from 2010 - 2015 is 1.174%

the average annual rate of population change from 2015 - 2020 is 1.089%

- The World Factbook statistics are all outdated, most from 2016 and some from 2010 and 2001. I will update them all with the most recent 2017 World Factbook statistics:

Ethnic groups: Chhettri 16.6%, Brahman-Hill 12.2%, Magar 7.1%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.8%, Newar 5%, Kami 4.8%, Muslim 4.4%, Yadav 4%, Rai 2.3%, Gurung 2%, Damai/Dholii 1.8%, Thakuri 1.6%, Limbu 1.5%, Sarki 1.4%, Teli 1.4%, Chamar/Harijan/Ram 1.3%, Koiri/Kushwaha 1.2%, other 19%

Languages: Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Magar 3%, Bajjika 3%, Urdu 2.6%, Avadhi 1.9%, Limbu 1.3%, Gurung 1.2%, other 10.4%, unspecified 0.2%

total dependency ratio: 61.4

youth dependency ratio: 52.5

elderly dependency ratio: 8.8

Population distribution: most of the population is divided nearly equally between a concentration in the southern-most plains of the Tarai region and the central hilly region; overall density is quite low

Infant mortality rate: total: 27.9 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 29.2 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 26.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)

life expectancy at birth: total population: 71 years

male: 70.4 years

female: 71.6 years (2017 est.)

- An article to help explain the fertility rates and infant mortality rates:

Abortion incidence and unintended pregnancy in Nepal

- An article that I can reference to help add information about the foreign population in Nepal:

Socioeconomic implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Living Standard Survey

Peer Review
First off, I think you have a ton of great data! I personally added very similar data myself. My only tip would be putting it all into a table so it'll be more easy to read and secondly more visually pleasing. You can put it into a table by pressing edit in your sandbox. Then you will direct your attention to the two row provided by Wikipedia of features you can use. Look at the second row where it says "Insert" then click the last logo which is a table. After that you pick the amount of rows and columns you need then just copy and paste the data you already have! Good luck! Mariam Al-Samar

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

Yes, everything is relevant.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

Yes, it's all neutral.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

Nope! It's all well distributed

Check the citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

Yes

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

Yes

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that should be added?

Not that I'm aware of.

Week 13
Final improvements for "Demographics of Nepal" article:

Religion section -->

Nepal defines itself as a Hindu nation based in the caste system of traditional Hindu ideology. It is common for many Hindus in the country to also worship Buddhist and sometimes Christian dieties simultaneously with Hindu traditions. The notion of religion in Nepal is more fluid than other countries, particularly Western countries. The Nepali people build their social networks through their religious celebrations, which are a central part to the whole of communities within the country.

There is a general ideal held by the Nepalese people that there is an omnipotent, transcendental "moral order" that is sacred to Hinduism. This ideal exsists along with the constant presence of chaos and disorder in the material world. In the Northwestern region of the country, this all-encompassing state of disorder in the world is synonymous with human affliction, for which the religious Shamans can alleviate. Shamans create a world of mythic time and space to restore order and balance to the world to cure the suffers.

Kathmandu Valley is home to the Newars, a major ethnic group in Nepal. The city Bhaktapur is located inside of Kathmandu Valley. Bhaktapur was once an independent Hindu Kingdom. Individual homes typically have at least one shrine devoted to personal dieties, with an altar displaying flowers, fruit, and oil among other offerings to the Gods. The perimeter of Kathmandu Valley is lined with shrines devoted to Hindu goddesses, whose purpose is to protect the city from chaotic events. In fact, at least one shrine can be found on the vast majority of streets in Kathmandu. The people of Nepal do not feel the need to segregate or compete based upon religion, so Hindu and Buddhist shrines are often coexisting in the same areas. The areas outside of the city are perceived to always possess some form of wild or disordered nature, so the Nepalese people inside of the city lines regularly worship the Hindu gods through public ceremonies.

The Hindu god Vishnu symbolizes moral order in the Newar society. The natural human shortcomings in maintaining the godly moral order is represented by the Hindu god Shiva. Shiva is destructive and acts in greed, and he threatens the moral order. In ancient myths, Vishnu must step in to contain Shiva and restore the order. In recent times, there has been a rise in political violence, specifically Maoist violence. This increased violence, along with the widespread poverty creates times of hardship for the people of Nepal. During their struggles they find stability and peace in religion.

Population growth section -->

Sixty caste and linguistic subgroups have formed throughout time with the waves of migration from Tibet and India. There was a moderate amount of immigration early in Nepal's history, then the population essentially remained the same without any significant fluctuations for over one hundred years. Natural disasters and the following government resettlement programs in the 1950's led to a spike in internal migration from the hills to the Terai region. In the 1980's the Western Chitwan Valley became a major transportation hub for all of Nepal. Along with this major change came a dramatic increase in government services, business expansion, and growing employment, espeically in the agricultural industry. The valley's population grew rapidly through both in-migration and natural increase.