User:MarissaAlderson/sandbox

draft assignment-

my part of the project is the how the Thessalian League came to be.

Thessaly was once one united state, but following the assassination of Jason of Phere the lack of leadership put them in political instability. in the fifth century, the noble families took control, wanting to put an end to central authority, however this way of ruling did not last long, and they split of into two factions- the Thessalian League of the west, and the eastern part falling under the tyrants of Phere. Thessaly, once seen as united, or ethos, is now described as a failed state

Ashley, James R. “Thessaly .” The Macedonian Empire: the Era of Warfare under Philip II and Alexander the Great, 359-323 B.C., McFarland & Company, 2004, pp. 130–132.

https://books.google.com/books?id=nTmXOFX-wioC&pg=PA132&dq=thessalian+league&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1m8DPp9DWAhXHj1QKHWirD3gQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=thessalian%20league&f=false

https://books.google.nl/books?id=Qs2SBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=thessaly&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq1ezoktfWAhVrxoMKHfwQDf0Q6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=thessaly&f=false

**more of our outline and plan is in Abigail's sandbox. User:AbigailJohnson58/sandbox

Week 5 Assignment- my partners are Abigail, Semjee and Dulguun and we're doing the Thessalian League.

Sphynx Cat

• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? everything in the article i feel is relevant to it, but i feel like information is missing.
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? it appears to be neutral. all the information is about sphynx cats and don't seem biased.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? i feel like breeding is underrepresented, and that origin is overrepresented with information that is not needed, as opposed to information that needs added.
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? the links work, but some of the sources are unreliable and biased.
• 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? some of the facts, especially for the care viewpoints , are biased and unreliable. one link led me to a popular sphynx cat blog.
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? it was last updated 6 months ago, but by reading a few of the comments in the talk page, there needs to be more information added to the origin.
• 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? a lot of the talk page doesn't talk about topics that refer to Sphynx cats
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? its rated C
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? we haven't discussed sphynx cats, but if i can make a suggestion, we should.