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Aztec Society

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Everything in the article seems to be relevant to the Aztec society. There are claims that are made, but there is no further detail or a reference to back it up.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article seems to be neutral for the most part.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The education section seems to have had the most attention compared to the other very small paragraphs.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? There is one citation where the link leads to an article, but the other citations do not contain any links. the source does seem to support the small amount of claims taken from it. 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? Many of the facts in this article are not referenced at all, others are mainly from one source. Most of the sources are from university websites.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? A section on family dynamics, religion, and women's roles in society could be added. This.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is rated as a B-Class article. It is supported by WikiProject Aztec and is rated as high importance. The conversations on this page discuss the lack of cited material and that there is a major reworking on the way, but this was said in 2008. There was a sentence taken out because it did not have a source to back it up.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We have not discussed this topic very much in class.

Sentences to add to "Aztec Society"
The Aztec Empire is thought to have been a triple alliance between Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. Recent studies have countered the claim that the Aztec Empire ran the triple alliance by suggesting that Tenochtitlan was actually the dominant empire all along.

Inca Society Notes
My partner and I chose this article because the culture of the Inca is very interesting and there is a lot to add to this article. There is not much in this article on the politics, religion, infrastructure, women's roles in society, or the economy, but we would like to add more to the religion section and also start a section on the sanitation, infrastructure, hygiene, and politics.

Article References:
-Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel by Kenneth R. Wright

-Inca Religion and Customs by Father Bernabe Cobo, Roland Hamilton

-Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship: Strategies for Empire Unification by Thomas Besom. Online book

-The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes by David Pitt

-Conservation in the Inca empire by Donald J Hughes

Article Section to Edit
"The belief system of the Incas was polytheistic. Inti, the Sun God, was the most important god, which the Incas believed was the direct ancestor of the Sapa Inca, the title of the hereditary rulers of the empire.

The Inca took part in spiritual human sacrifices known as the capacocha. These offerings were carried out on large mountains where ceremonial sites were constructed, and were believed to have been made for numerous events such as: important festivals, natural phenomenons, and efforts to please the mountain deities. The vilca camayos were the overseers of the offerings, in which they had decision on where the sacrifices were made and the amount of sacrifices made on each mountain. " copied from article to edit Inca Society