User:Camrynbl

Sophist

Sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Camrynbl/sandbox:Sophist

Background

The audience of this article would possibly include higher education students in classes that focus on philosophy, rhetoric, and Greece. It could also serve as a reference page for historians and researchers. Information contributors should have an adequate background in Greek history or philosophy. There is a lot of information that needs to be organized for clarity. The article was created in April of 2002. One of the largest recent edits involves the re-wording sentences. Editors have edited small problems with wording and added references sparingly over the past year. The user Paul August seems to be the most frequent editor. A user merged Sophism and Sophist in 2017 and noted that some duplications need to be addressed. The page is apart of a couple of wikiprojects. The Wikipedia: WikiProject Philosophy provides a general structure for how the article should look.

Possible Changes

The article's information could use some new section headings to provide clarity about the information. It would also help to move some information into more appropriate areas and make it sound less like an essay. I want to create headings such as history, key philosophers, and prominent works. Organizational overhaul: create sections such as

Chinese folklore

Sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Camrynbl/sandbox:chinesefolklore

Background

The audience of this article would possibly include students and historians looking for a brief background of the topic, or someone looking for the authors and titles of certain folklore. The average person will have little knowledge of folklore, but there is no need to have an expert understanding. The article is very brief and could be reorganized to serve the audience better. There could also be more sections to cover more content. Contributors should be folklore historians or folklore students if possible. There is a good amount of information that doesn't require a ton of additional expert input. The article was first written in May of 2004. It has become mostly stagnant in the past few years, with mostly minor edits and possible vandalism. Very few expansions have made on the topic. The most recent large edit was in May 2018. The article was created incrementally and most of the edits added references. It created an additional section on the study of Chinese folklore. There doesn't seem to be any notable editors that remain on the page. The editor that created an additional doesn't have a page on Wikipedia anymore. The talk page only includes entries from a bot, however, it is included in several wikiproject pages. This page was nominated for deletion in 2007. Other users thought that the page just needed expansion and offered examples of similar pages such as French folklore and Japanese folklore. One of the users also mentioned that there are some issues with what to label as Chinese because many folktales about China are written by authors in other Asian countries. Reorganize the topics to fit the needs of the most likely reader. New Organization: Folktales, Study of Chinese Folklore, Influence of folklore on other media

Possible Changes

The article needs more sections to be a well-rounded source. The current information could be reorganized and have different section headings to provide clarity about what the information is talking about. However, I have to keep in mind that due to the language barrier it may be difficult to fill in a large amount of information and most likely needs to be done by an expert. To expand the article, I want to create additional topics such as history, traditions and rituals, common characters and symbols, animals, and maybe an art gallery. Adding sections within the Study of Chineses Folklore heading would help expand the scope of the article and remove the essay tone.