User talk:ColorMyPencils/sandbox

Article evaluation
Page text. North Carolina Highway Patrol K-9 incident
 * Source 11 and 13 are expired links
 * Needs to include information about how police dogs are trained and disciplined
 * What are the other training methods that are acceptable and in place that were similar to the ones Jones used?
 * article is neutral and everything is relevant to the topic
 * Need pictures of the dog and Jones
 * Possibly add link to the police cite with the video of Jones kicking the dog


 * I feel that this page needs more information overall
 * I feel as though the claims are a little biased toward animal rights because the external links were for police brutality and animal rights


 * It needs more reference cites overall, not just the same two
 * The talk page has a couple good points: the page should be about the incident, not Jones and also that the video should be added in some way.
 * This article is a C rated page
 * It is a part of WikiProject: North Carolina, Dogs, and Animal Rights

Hindu Iconography
The Veena and The Lotus lacking information comparatively to The Conch find reliably sourced information about one or both of these

Lotus: symbol of beauty prosperity and fertility use Zimmer's book (Indologists and historian) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ColorMyPencils (talk • contribs) 16:22, 26 September 2018 (UTC) "In the Bhagavad Gita, a human is adjured to be like the lotus; they should work without attachment, dedicating their actions to God, untouched by sin like water on a lotus leaf, like a beautiful flower standing high above the mud and water." (https://www.lotussculpture.com/my_articles_lotus.html) Check reliability for this quote. Add picture of god meditating holding the two lotus flowers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ColorMyPencils (talk • contribs) 06:10, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

The Lotus
The Lotus is associated with the creation theology as well as the gods Vishnu, Brahma, and Lakshmi. It is the symbol of beauty and fertility. "In the Bhagavad Gita, a human is adjured to be like the lotus; they should work without attachment, dedicating their actions to God, untouched by sin like water on a lotus leaf, like a beautiful flower standing high above the mud and water."

Review
Hey Josie! You have great ideas regarding what needs to be revised, specifically adding information to sections such as the Lotus and the Veena, especially because the Lotus is an extremely familiar image that is used in designs. In addition to the sources you already have, I have an asian art history book that might be helpful to your research for your article. It also appears that the section under "Symbols associated with individual deities" might be organized better, specifically the Shiva Lingam subsection. The pictures of the Om, Swastika, and Sri Chakra Yantra might flow better if they were next to their own individual headings, instead of next to one another after their sections. Great Job! Isabelvillela (talk) 19:39, 19 October 2018 (UTC)Isabel Villela

Peer review
Hi Josie! Your article does a good job in presenting the link between human behavior and the Lotus leaf and your quote if reliable would provide very good support. Perhaps a little more information on the importance of the lotus leaf in Hinduism and theology would give more insight to its religious symbolism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelhav1 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 20 October 2018 (UTC)