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Week 2 Article Evaluation: Adam and Eve

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * The topic of Adam and Eve is very broad, even if the original literature on the couple is sparse. Due to the historic importance of Adam and Eve in different faiths, this article could have gone on for pages. The most distracting aspect of the article is that there is a small section on how the interpretation of Eve influenced witch trails. This feels misplaced, since there is so much history and information on how perceptions of Eve and the Original Sin influenced the treatment of women in different times and cultures, that it would have been best to leave such specific example out of this article.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?What else could be improved?
 * I think the article could benefit from a modern interpretation presented by scholars representing the different Abrahamic religions. Additionally, adding a section on modern feminist scholarship of the Adam and Eve story would take this from a religious article to a culturally-relevant article for all faith groups, not just Abrahamic faiths.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Considering that the story of Adam and Eve plays a big role in Abrahamic religions, more equal coverage of the couple in different religions would have made the article more balanced. The section that looks at Adam and Eve in the arts and literature focuses on Christian and English texts exclusively. The article definitely leans toward Christian interpretations of Adam and Eve more than Jewish or Islamic interpretations.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * The links I checked all work. However, there is some information, particularly foreign words, that are cited and that are linked, but the links don't support the use of the foreign word in context. For example, there are Hebrew words that are used and their meaning is explained, but it's unclear how that specific Hebrew word was chosen. Unless all Hebrew bibles use the exact same language, more background information is needed before reliable claims about etymology can be made.
 * 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? Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.
 * The article is careful not to come off as writing about Adam and Eve as historic fact or faith based. The article uses predominantly nuetral language for each section as specifies which faith tradition believes what, which is helpful. However, there are too many biblical chapters referenced without a uniform decision on which version of the bible to use, but there also isn't equal representation of the different versions of the bible to create balanced coverage.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There's a section in the talk page that is titled, "Why have you for years not removed the word myth? It’s hateful atheist propaganda!" But other than a couple editors who have intense views, the conversation is balanced and polite as to deciding what information should be added or detracted.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is C-Class.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * We haven't covered this topic in class, but it does present some red flags for scholars who are used to up-to-date references.

Week 3 Choose Your Topic: Creeping Normality Article

 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Are some areas under- or over-developed?
 * The term creeping normality is defined in the first section and credit is given to an author who coined the term, but the application of the term to other areas seems speculative. Information needs to be provided on how creeping normality came to be used for the other examples given: obese maternity patients, family businesses, cyber crime, and a lecture series. The original use of the term, which seems to be related to studying the environment, should be expanded on.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * The article's tone is neutral, but probably because there is very little content in the article.
 * Does each claim have a citation? Are the citations reliable? What can you add?
 * The cybercrime section is missing a citation and the maternal obesity section only has one citation. All sections of the article need bulking up with more citations, information, and content.
 * The Talk page of the article reflects the asme concerns that I have, and editors are actively working on updating the page, and have also added a more comprehensive bibliography to work through.

'''Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the Talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox.'''

Bibliography:


 * 1) Levêque, J., Marzano, M., Broome, A., Connolly, T., & Dandy, N. (2015). Forest visitor perceptions of recreational impacts on amphibian wildlife. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 61(4), 505-515.
 * 2) Mass shootings have started to look, sound and feel the same — and that’s a problem. (2018). Gulf News, p. Gulf News, Feb 18, 2018.
 * 3) Moskal, P., Dziuban, C., Upchurch, R., Hartman, J., & Truman, B. (2006). Assessing Online Learning: What One University Learned about Student Success, Persistence, and Satisfaction. Peer Review, 8(4), 26-29.
 * 4) De Waal, A. (2006). TOWARDS A COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF DISASTER PREVENTION. Journal of International Affairs, 59(2), 129-XIV.
 * 5) Wilkinson, S. A., Poad, D., & Stapleton, H. (2013). Maternal overweight and obesity: A survey of clinicians' characteristics and attitudes, and their responses to their pregnant clients. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, 117. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.foley.gonzaga.edu/10.1186/1471-2393-13-117

Week 4: Adding a Citation:
I added a citation to the first sentence of the maternal obesity section for the creeping normalcy page, re-using the citation that the original article listed. I added a reference section to the talk page of the same article, but I'm not sure that it turned out how it's supposed to...

Week 6: Moving Work to "Creeping Normality"
Contributions added to the page:

Gun Violence in the United States
Andrew Hammond, a writer for the Gulf News, used the term in his February 2018 article "Mass shootings have started to look, sound and feel the same- and that's a problem" Hammond wrote of the phenomenon that mass shootings feature the same coverage of sobbing pairs of people, contemplative witnesses, night-time vigils, prayer circles, and that there is a familiarity to all of it, a "creeping normality."

Landscape Amnesia
The terms "landscape amnesia" and "creeping normalicy" were used as a description of the phenomenon of nearly imperceptible changes over time, making the landscape seem as though nothing has changed over time in the 2015 paper entitled "Forest visitor perceptions of recreational impacts on amphibian wildlife."

More to come! I'm currently struggling with the "Did You Know" feature, but plan on figuring that out completely once I have found worthy material. Nothing really pops for me as a "DYK" contribution...