User talk:Cjhagans

I started this project by choosing a subject that I felt I was a little of an expert at, or at least have been very interested in for several years. I began by just typing in the subject feminism within the Wikipedia search bar. To first analyze how well this article was put together I decided to type in my word finder on my web browser three important aspects within feminism. Those important aspects include: Equal Rights Amendment, Title 9: Equal Opportunity in Education Act, and Author Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex.

The Equal Rights Amendment article was very nicely organized and detailed. It hit on mostly all of the important points of the amendment, including detailing and linking suffragist Alice Paul and explaining that this is an amendment that is the right of every state to enforce (which Indiana proudly was one of the first) but is not a federal amendment. The information within the article is verifiable with many external links and references and it seems to not be biased because it offers a criticism of the ERA section.

Title 9: I was surprised to not see any categorization link to my initial subject of feminism. I was surprised to see that it wasn't linked to this subject because it is a very feminist like issue that many women have fought hard to obtain. Also surprisingly enough within this wiki article, there was no mention that part of former President George W. Bush's first running campaign included trying to overturn Title IX. This wiki article is weak compared to the other two articles that I did my analysis on. It needs many “improvements” and “cleaning up” by Wikipedia’s standards. Again it is very surprising to me not to see any categorical links to the word feminism however it is linked to Gender equality which is another vital aspect of feminism.

Simone de Beauvoir's article was minimally telling of her impact and specifically the importance that The Second Sex had within contemporary views and second wave feminist writings. I was pleased to see links to the wiki quote and wiki commons collection, oddly however, the article does not have any “See Also” categories within the page. There are many article links but I found this a bit off putting in that it is easier to find relevant aspects of concepts beyond the article if these are found. In turn I went to an internal article link, The Second Sex, where I found three main “See Also” categorical links.

I found Glory-June Greiff’s Remembrance, Faith, and Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana, a relatively good account of the representation of public sculpture within Indiana. I found it interesting that she decided to represent the state through counties rather than cities and it was vital that she acknowledged the high volume of religious and veteran/memorial sculpture. I think that this says a lot about our state as a whole, being still a relatively conservative state surrounded by more progressive and liberal states politically. I also think that it is important that Greiff acknowledged the lack of contemporary works but the recent boom in this genre style. One potential problem is Greiff decided to include monuments but exclude other main sculptures, Grieff states; “Some monuments are architectural, not sculptural, but several blur the line and require a judgment call.” (Greiff, x) Greiff probably should have stuck with only sculptural pieces to focus on within the study. Because of the inclusion of monuments this then makes the study more of an historical account of monuments, and possibly the state, within the state rather than a representation of visual sculpture. Another key point that Greiff brings up is found within the preface, Greiff states when discussing the lack of concern of public sculpture; “Some must be stamped ‘whereabouts unknown,’ as new owners or administrators of a site may have no knowledge whatsoever of the fate of a missing sculpture. Worse, some do not seem to care.” (Greiff, x) I question this phenomenon of not seeming to care. Is it possibly because, with outdoor sculpture, the fact that it becomes just another aspect of daily life? When one sees public sculpture does the rarity or special quality of fine art diminish? Or is it quite simply that public sculpture becomes part of our every day aesthetic, it is something that is just as common as a building and melts in with the scenery.

The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) is a database is an archive of the institute's archival collection. One of the nice aspects of the site is that it has a brief but detailed tutorial on how to use the catalog. I found this a nice aspect of the site because at first look it seems a little overwhelming. I decided to watch the tutorial first when analyzing this site and found it useful and helpful later on. My second step in this analysis was to click on the about link because I wanted to know more information on and about the site as a whole. There I found that the site is an “online catalog that allows users to search across 1.8 million of the Institution’s library, archive, and research holdings.” This page is direct and gives a simple understanding of the intent and content within the database. I enjoy the simplicity that this page contains and also like that it provides screen shots of different searches, although the shots are a bit blurry but still provide the user a general idea of what to look forward to. For my search I decided initially type in the word “Feminism,” there I found many interesting articles, books, sound recordings, and images which would have been fascinating to learn about, however I could not log into the site. This is the biggest critique I would have with the site. Yes it is nice to have a database that provides all of this information and I would have done more research on the my selected subject, but what good is it if I can't log in to do research? I looked at the login help page and it said that I needed to go through my library, so I logged into IU's library and tried to login yet I still was not able to login to the SIRIS database. Again what good is a database if you cannot look at the information that it provides? Or was the problem simply that I couldn't figure it out, however I do not figure myself to be a novice when it comes to navigating websites and computers.

3 wiki articles 1.Feminism A.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_9 1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_equality B.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment 1.http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women 2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_pay_for_women 3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_history_in_the_United_States 4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_feminism 5.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution C.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir 1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Sex a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_existentialism b.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Female_Eunuch c.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_%28novel

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Cjhagans (talk) 01:31, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cancer... There's Hope


The article Cancer... There's Hope has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Poorly sourced article about a sculpture that does not seem to have received any significant attention from WP:Independent sources (beyond routine announcements).

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:47, 10 February 2011 (UTC)