User:Ssn9876/sandbox

Week 3 Questions

• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
  • The article that I picked is about involuntary euthanasia, and everything it talks about is relevant to the topic. First, it gives a broad understanding of what involuntary euthanasia is, and then goes into the history of involuntary euthanasia. In the history section it goes into history of it in the US and how Adolf Hitler used it during World War 2. This is the only section of the entire article.
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  • This article does appear neutral, reading through it there doesn't seem to be a bias, rather it seems as if the author is just trying to convey the information on a harsh topic. This wiki user does put into quotations some words such as "medical experts" and "unfit" in reference to World War 2 which could indicate abias, but it seems as if the author is just trying to put into perspective what the thought process was like for Nazis in the war.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
  • In my opinion the two things that he does talk about (WWII and the US) are both represented well and seem to have just enough content for the reader to have a basic understanding of some examples of involuntary euthanasia
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
  • The links do work, and yes most of the information in the sources support the claims in the article, mostly because a lot of the information is just paraphrased from the sources.
• 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?
  • All of the sources referenced in the article are reliable, and range from the National Institute of Health to the American Journal of Psyciatry
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  • The most recent source of information in this article is from 2006. I feel like this is mostly because society in general has moved on from the whole "Involuntary Euthanasia" debate and moved to the highly contested "Whether or not to pull the plug", so a lot of recent information isn't available.
• 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?
  • There are a lot of posts about formatting and grammar, however there are also a lot about what to add or detract. The article talks about people who believe that euthanasia should be legal, for example Singer, and there is some contention about that based on the fact that Singer talks about voluntary euthansia rather than involuntary euthanasia. Also people are claiming that the T4 task force in World War 2 was about voluntary euthanasia, not involuntary. Basically, every single line is being scrutinized because of the fact that involuntary euthanasia is an extremely hard topic to write about without some overlap with voluntary euthanasia.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  • This article is a part of the WikiProject for Death, and is related to our class because it talks about when is death ok, and when is inflicting death the right thing to do? Or is it ever the right thing to do? Involuntary Euthanasia is a topic that rotates and makes you answer these types of questions.
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  • In our class, we are all throwing around opinions here and there, but this article is actually using sources and studies done to educate somebody about the history of involuntary euthanasia and euthanasia in general.

Week 5 Citation Article Link

Hierarchy of death . I added a few lines to this a while ago and just didn't link it here!

Week 6: Topics I could possibly do

@Alfgarciamora: Hi Dr. Garcia, I'm actually having an incredibly difficult time trying to come up with some topics. So far, the only one that I could even consider doing is about the Hierarchy of death, and even then its a media invented term and not much room for improvement. Also something else I've looked into is Professional Mourning, which itself is a cool topic, but again most of the research I've done is from articles in blogs and whatnot. There is an article about religious terrorism that isn't finished that I think I could definitely find more information for, but besides that I can't really seem to find any other articles that are not only short, but also have a lot of potential sources. So for the assignment should I still try to delve deeper and come up with 2-3 good ones, or can I just start researching religious terrorism? Thank you! ~~~~

Topic 1 Religious Terrorism:

• The article doesn't talk about the origins of religious terrorism, or at least doesn't go very deep into detail.
• There is not one reference to religious terrorist groups such as the Taliban or ISIS, something that could take up an entire section
• The article talks very very generally about terrorism, and uses a definition of terrorism that is a bit outdated and could be refined more
• Also there is a section about financing, which could be kind of cool thing to look into, how different group raise their money, however it's poorly executed
• There is a lot of stuff in the talk page talking about different things that could be added to the article, each post having great suggestions on what to add and what to fix as well. For example, the KKK was previously mentioned in this, but debates about what exactly is religious terrorism have spread all over the talk page. This is why it will be an important to find a legitimate definition for everyone to follow.

Topic 2

Week 7: Picking A Topic

After a lot of frustration about not being able to pick a topic, I've decided that I'm going to do professional mourning. First of all, it's a really cool concept that has little to no research done on it. Secondly, there are a lot of religious stories that involve professional mourning and it's role in society.

As of now, here is the a breakdown of the article: an overall summary (that's only a few sentences), and a section about professional mourning in films, literature, and television. The original post doesn't even talk about religious significance. The following are just a few things that I believe will make the article better and more varied.

1. Women's role in Professional mourning
   1. There is an article that I found that talks about professional mourning as a chance for women to earn a living rather than living in traditional roles.This sense of pride was a driving force behind women continuing with this kind of work.
2. Professional Mourning in Christianity
   1. There are over ten verses in the bible that talk about calling people to mourn. Also, there are references to "weeping women" a lot. I still have to look up the exact context of these situations, but it seems as if mourning is a different and spiritual process. It's almost like the more people who mourn for you the more likely it is that you will go to Heaven. Again, this is just an inference, but I'm really close on finding scholarly articles to present this as well. \
3. Professional Mourning in Islam
   1. Same concept as Christianity
4. Professional Mourning in Hinduism

Women's Role in Professional Mourning

Most of the people hired to perform the act of professional mourning were women. Men were deemed unfit for this because they were supposed to be strong and leaders of the family, unwilling to show any sort of raw emotion like grief. This is why women were professional mourners; were actually able to express grief, and expressing grief is important when it comes to mourning a body in terms of religion (woman citation). Also, in a world full of jobs solely made for men, it gave women a sense of pride that they were actually able to earn money in some way. (woman citation here).

Professional Mourning in Christianity

Bible Verses:

Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, "There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, 'Alas! Alas!' They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation. Amos 5:16

Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come! Jeremiah 9:17

So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them. Acts 9:39

Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.1 Samuel 25:1

Professional Mourning, as told by the bible takes the form of lamentation (bible quote). Lamentation was a necessary part of the grieving process when somebody passed away. For example, when King Samuel passed away, the whole nation of Israel lamented for him. Mourning is seen as respect. The amount of mourners somebody has shows how respected that specific individual was

Potential Sources:

• https://academic.oup.com/past/article/183/1/3/1465972 (About Islam and Professional mourning)
• Crying : the natural and cultural history of tears (Talks about the historial significance of tears and how crying has changed over time)
• The Bible
• N.J. Richardson - "Early Greek views on Life and Death" in Greek Religion and Society
  • Delves into some history of professional mourners in Greece
• https://global.oup.com/academic/product/forming-femininity-in-antiquity-9780199837779?cc=us&lang=en&
  • Goes into women in ancient societies and why there were the only ones allowed to mourn
• http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=29beae13-8866-4dd4-9a09-f3f8fc4f9ef8%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=CPLI0000506808&db=vah

Week 8: Peer Review

Hello peer reviewers, everything from here to Prof Garcia's will be the content I will be adding to the article. Also because of Spring Break I haven't really been able to add as much, but will hopefully have everything here on Sunday!

Professional Mourning in Christianity

Professional mourning is a common theme throughout the Bible. For example in Amos,

"Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, "There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, 'Alas! Alas!' They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation" Amos 5:16

According to Biblical analysts, this verse is implying that lamentation is like an art. People who were deemed "good" at wailing and moaning were then able to take part in more and more funerals, and were expected to make these moaning sounds. The people who fulfilled the roles of these professional mourners were farmers who were done cropping for their season, and didn't have much else to do, so they took on this role for the extra money it would get them (Gill, John. "Commentary on Amos 5:16". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/amos-5.html. 1999.)

Prof Garcia's Comments

Week 4 @Ssn9876: Saad, I worry a bit about the viability of this topic for you. I do not know of much information out there on involuntary euthanasia. What is more, there doesn't seem to be a religion angle in here that you can work on. I think that you need to go back and take a look at the death stub articles and see what might be out there that interests you. Also, I need you to pay particular attention to all of the things you have to do on a weekly basis on the wiki timeline. I do not see your work related to citations here? Alfgarciamora (talk) 16:21, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Week 5 @Ssn9876: I'm sad to hear you're having trouble, Saad. I think that you are on a good topic with the professional mourning page, however. There is probably a lot of great work in anthropology and religious studies on this topic, and you can do a tremendous job with it. I say you go with that topic and move forward from there. Make sure to look at all the literature you possibly can and scan, scan, scan! Especially at the beginning. Alfgarciamora (talk) 22:30, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

And one last thing: please organize your sandbox page so that it is more readable. Take a look at Esther's page in our class for a good example.

Week 6 @Ssn9876: Glad that you chose a topic, Saad. I think that it is imperative that you begin to research the topic more in depth. I worry that you are falling behind and that you will not be able to keep up with the workload very soon. There is a lot of good information on professional mourning in the anthropological and historical research, so make sure that you take the time to do the research. I would highly encourage you to visit the research librarian at the Richter Library so that s/he can help you. Now that you've chosen a topic, it is important to go go go! Alfgarciamora (talk) 22:32, 5 March 2018 (UTC)