User:Tdavis47/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
 * Medieval Architecture


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article seems like a possibility for my project because of its broad scope and because of the fact that we have already covered the content in class.
 * The article currently serves to list off various architectural styles found in the middle ages. It's not very complete and lacks detail - at least one paragraph cuts off suddenly and not all paragraphs are complete. The 'Regions' section only provides links to other, more specific subcategories of architectural styles and does not provide any description of these subcategories. At the very least, I could help organize this page and include more information from the subcategory pages.


 * Sources
 * "The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900" by Charles B. McClendon @ UW Libraries
 * Early medieval architecture in Western Europe, an online resource - compiled by Charles McClendon. Includes links through Oxford Bibliographies to a number of other primary sources that might be useful.
 * Early Medieval Architecture by Roger Stalley
 * New Approaches to Medieval Architecture, Bogdanovic, Jelena.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Architecture of Africa


 * Article Evaluation
 * After reviewing the syllabus of this class, I notice there's not much outside Western and a little Far Eastern architecture. As a way see architecture not inspired by Roman or Greek ideas, I'd like to research and contribute some research to Wikipedia's African architecture page, especially in pre-colonial Africa
 * Currently, the page is marked by inconsistency. There are a comprehensive list of subsections, regions, and time periods, but only some of these sections have more than a few sentences drawn from one source. Some specific links and examples are given that point to more thoroughly written articles, but very few (especially in the early architecture categories) go in-depth or are written in a professional tone. The Talk page is mostly filled with unpleasant arguments - the last edit was in Aug. 2018 and stated that the article needed copyediting or a complete rewrite.


 * Sources
 * Indigenous African architecture / René Gardi ; English translation by Sigrid MacRae.
 * African traditional architecture : a study of the housing and settlement patterns of rural Kenya / Kaj Blegvad Andersen.
 * African indigenous knowledge and the sciences : journeys into the past and present / edited by Gloria Emeagwali and Edward Shizha.
 * Architecture of first societies [electronic resource : a global perspective ] / Mark Jarzombek
 * Historic cities : issues in urban conservation / edited by Jeff Cody and Francesco Siravo.
 * The context of early megalithic architecture in eastern Africa: the Turkana Basin c. 5000-4000 BP
 * The Origins and Spread of Dry Laid, Stone-Walled Architecture in Pre-colonial Southern Africa
 * Migrants, Forests and Houses: The Political Ecology of Architectural Change in Hobeni and Cwebe, South Africa
 * Borrowing from the past to sustain the present and the future: indigenous African urban forms, architecture, and sustainable urban development in contemporary Africa
 * Changing Zuluness: Capturing the Mercurial Indigenous Vernacular Architecture of the Eastern Seaboard of Southern Africa
 * Histories of Exchange: Indigenous South Africa in the South African Architectural Record and the Architectural Review
 * A vanishing way of life.(indigenous housing architecture of Africa)
 * Indigenous African building techniques and the prospects for sustainable housing and environmental development

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Mathematics and Architecture


 * Article Evaluation
 * I looked at this article for my previous assignment here, and the article has not changed since then. The article is mostly complete, with well-sourced and professionally written content and not much to add. However, there exists a small section at the end called 'Environmental Goals' which has only two examples. Because this is a modern topic of discussion, I believe I could find something to add to this from my own education here - I've linked the ASHRAE handbook because I recall a few pages about atrium sizing to achieve a certain stack cooling effect. Whether this is appropriate or not, I don't know.


 * Sources
 * 2016 ASHRAE Handbook-HVAC Systems and Equipment (I-P Edition) [electronic resource ]

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Mesoamerican Architecture


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article, like the African Architecture topic, is outside the scope of this course and consequently interests me greatly. The page also needs a little attention. Many of the subsections are well-rounded, sourced, and professionally written, especially when regarding better-known ancient civilizations. However, the 'Styles' section and others are fairly curt and lack in-line detail.


 * Sources
 * The art of urbanism : how Mesoamerican kingdoms represented themselves in architecture and imagery / William L. Fash and Leonardo López Luján, editors.
 * Building Yanhuitlan : art, politics, and religion in the Mixteca Alta since 1500 / Alessia Frassani.
 * Architecture and the origins of preclassic Maya politics / James Doyle, the Metropolitan Museum of Ar
 * Alternative pathways to complexity : a collection of essays on architecture, economics, power, and cross-cultural analysis in honor of Richard E. Blanton / edited by Lane F. Fargher and Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza