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Maya_Astronomy

Content:

  • Impressive calculations and estimations
  • Pre-telescopic astronomy

REVIEW:

  • Doesn't explain technology used
  • Pictures with links about things not referenced in text
  • References in notes section
  • More text in further reading links than content
  • No subsections


Content Gap Questions:

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

  • Relevant but not exceptionally informative

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

  • That Mayan astrology was superior to Ptolemaic based off of two estimates

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

  • There aren't a lot of viewpoints to speak of

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

  • Yes, but there is a lot of information in the sources that is not in the article

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?

  • No. Some facts are not cited and cited facts are improperly formatted. No notable bias

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

  • More information about concepts and locations photographed are unaddressed in the article and little specific information about Mayan astronomy is presented,

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?

  • Whether it should be incorporated into the Mayan Civilization article and representation of the comparison of accuracy between Mayan and Ptolemaic year estimates

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

  • High importance, stub-class. It is part the Astronomy and Mesoamerica WikiProjects.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

  • There is almost no actual information.

Project Topic/Sources

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Spanish missions in the Americas

Content to add/change:

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  • Cultural impacts
  • Relations of missionaries with cultures
  • Remove bias from "critique" section
  • Fill in South American missions (empty)
  • Colonialization

Potential Sources

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  • Gutiérrez, R. (2016). The Spanish Missions of North and South America. In V. Garrard-Burnett, P. Freston, & S. Dove (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America (pp. 173-197). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHO9781139032698.012
  • The American Historical Review, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Oct., 1917), pp. 42-61. Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1837685
  • The Gale Group Inc. “Mission in Colonial America, I (Spanish Missions).” New Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia.com, www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mission-colonial-america-i-spanish-missions.
  • The legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas [electronic resource] : new nations and a transatlantic discourse of empire / Elise Bartosik-Velez. http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu:80/record=b11061385~S5