User:Veranosa/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 [Romanism]
 * Article Evaluation:
 * There is VERY little on this page. It explains when the word was used most commonly back in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but it doesn't go into its origins or the political and social context of the time frame, which I think is important to include. There is one image from a book about Romanism, but that's the only picture on the page. Only two sources are cited, so there could definitely be more evidence to support the term and its history. There are two WikiProjects looking at the page, and both have it as "stub," which tells me that it's in need of work in the opinions of experts/enthusiasts of the subject.
 * I don't think it would be a bad idea for it to have a section about how it impacted Catholics in Protestant-majority countries, namely the US. The word is very important in understanding anti-Catholicism in the US since it relates specifically to a dislike of the pope, not necessarily Catholic followers as a whole. Knowing how it impacts anti-Catholic sentiment is necessary since it was a very prevalent issue in the 1800s and early 1900s.
 * Sources:
 * Conn, Steven. “‘Political Romanism’: Re-Evaluating American Anti-Catholicism in the Age of Italian Revolution.” Journal of the Early Republic 36, no. 3 (2016): 521–48.
 * Ritter, Luke. Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis: Political Nativism in the Antebellum West. Fordham University Press, 2021.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720.
 * Conn, Steven. “‘Political Romanism’: Re-Evaluating American Anti-Catholicism in the Age of Italian Revolution.” Journal of the Early Republic 36, no. 3 (2016): 521–48.
 * Ritter, Luke. Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis: Political Nativism in the Antebellum West. Fordham University Press, 2021.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720.

Option 2

 * Article title [ Popery]
 * Article Evaluation:
 * While there are many sources and a moderately sized definition and history, the article is rated a start-class by all three associated Wiki Projects. I think there could be more subheadings about how it was used particularly in the nineteenth century in relation to Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council since that really sparked conversation across the globe about Catholicism. I like the pictures that are currently in use, though it wouldn't hurt for them to be slightly moved around to change up where the viewers' eyes go.
 * Introducing a subheading directly tied to the US's interpretation of popery and anti-Catholicism could benefit the article and give it more nuance. Many of the sentences within the article are full of facts with hyperlinks to other pages, which makes it a little challenging to stay focused; while I don't plan on reading about Great Britain's anti-Catholicism, I would try my best to avoid making the paragraphs so dense and full of questions.
 * Sources:
 * Le Beau, Bryan. “‘Saving the West from the Pope’: Anti-Catholic Propaganda and the Settlement of the Mississippi River Valley.” American Studies 32, no. 1 (1991): 101–14.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720.
 * Both sources focus on anti-Catholic sentiment as it relates to the pope, not so much the followers.
 * Le Beau, Bryan. “‘Saving the West from the Pope’: Anti-Catholic Propaganda and the Settlement of the Mississippi River Valley.” American Studies 32, no. 1 (1991): 101–14.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720.
 * Both sources focus on anti-Catholic sentiment as it relates to the pope, not so much the followers.
 * Both sources focus on anti-Catholic sentiment as it relates to the pope, not so much the followers.
 * Both sources focus on anti-Catholic sentiment as it relates to the pope, not so much the followers.

Option 3

 * Article title [ Anti-Catholicism]
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This page gives a broad overview of anti-Catholic sentiment from several prominent countries across the globe. It offers a brief overview of the topic before it talks about the different countries, and I don't see much to change--there are a few run-on sentences that have several dependent clauses that make it a little confusing to read, but I'm not sure if that's something worth changing.
 * The section on the US includes a hyperlink directly to "Anti-Catholicism in the United States," but I think it would be worthwhile to add on some facts to the main anti-Catholic page to make it easier for readers to find the anti-Catholic all in one place. There is a quick jump from the 1780s and 1790s to the 1840s-1850s, then another big jump to the 20th and 21st centuries. I think in-between those sections, there could be a focus on western expansion of the early 19th century, a section about the American Protective Association, the late 1800s with the increase of eastern European immigrants, and the impact of the First Vatican Council in 1869. The Council propelled fear of the pope and Catholic church's power, which I believe is crucial information. Even adding institutional anti-Catholicism could be an interesting subheading too.
 * Sources:
 * The main topics listed above are the main things that I believe could be addressed in this article, so some sources could be
 * Clark, Elizabeth A. Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
 * Gelpi, Albert. “The Catholic Presence in American Culture.” American Literary History 11, no. 1 (1999): 196–212. https://www.jstor.org/stable/490084.
 * Higham, John. “The Mind of a Nativist: Henry F. Bowers and the A.P.A.” American Quarterly 4, no. 1 (1952): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/3031271.
 * Ritter, Luke. Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis: Political Nativism in the Antebellum West. Fordham University Press, 2021.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720. https://doi.org/10.1353/cat.2014.0218.
 * Gelpi, Albert. “The Catholic Presence in American Culture.” American Literary History 11, no. 1 (1999): 196–212. https://www.jstor.org/stable/490084.
 * Higham, John. “The Mind of a Nativist: Henry F. Bowers and the A.P.A.” American Quarterly 4, no. 1 (1952): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/3031271.
 * Ritter, Luke. Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis: Political Nativism in the Antebellum West. Fordham University Press, 2021.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720. https://doi.org/10.1353/cat.2014.0218.
 * Ritter, Luke. Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis: Political Nativism in the Antebellum West. Fordham University Press, 2021.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720. https://doi.org/10.1353/cat.2014.0218.
 * Verhoeven, Timothy. “Transatlantic Connections: American Anti-Catholicism and the First Vatican Council (1869-70).” Catholic Historical Review 100, no. 4 (October 2014): 695–720. https://doi.org/10.1353/cat.2014.0218.

Option 4
'''Smith, Kirke. "A Plea for National Education." Berea Reporter, Vol. 4, issue 3, June 1892.  http://www.slavery.amdigital.co.uk/Contents/Transcript.aspx?imageid=142496&searchmode=true&hit=first&pi=1&previous=0&prevpos=120753&searchrequest=doc&vpath=searchresults .'''
 * Article title
 * New Article Idea = Anti-Catholicism in Higher Education during the Nineteenth Century
 * Article Evaluation
 * I believe this could be an interesting topic because it was more common than many might realize (even I still don't know how relevant it was at the height of anti-Catholic sentiment). It could help expose the realities that Catholic citizens had to face as they attempted to further their education, and the sources that I find from different schools could be made into different subheadings.
 * Sources:
 * Berea's archives, things stated by John G Fee and other
 * Clark, Elizabeth A. Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
 * Berea's archives, things stated by John G Fee and other
 * Clark, Elizabeth A. Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
 * Clark, Elizabeth A. Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

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