Wikipedia Assignment

Women in Ancient Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Ancient_Rome

It seemed to me like Women in Ancient Rome missed some very important points and, after reading the discussion, I realized others had come to this conclusion as well. One of the links given was an article on female naming conventions in ancient Rome, this is something that I think should have been included in the article.

1. How long is the article? (cut and paste text into word processor and do a word count)
The article is approximately 1,390 words long.

2. What was the search term you used and what is the exact article title?
I searched for “ancient women”, the article's actual title is “Women in Ancient Rome”.

3. Look at the Disambiguation link and say what you find there.
There wasn't a disambiguation link.

4. Look at the page Discussion and say briefly what you find there.
This article didn't have alot of discussion, but most people seemed to agree that the article missed some important topics, was inaccurate or "overstated", and lacked sources.

5. Look at the History of the page. How many changes have there been? When was the date of the first change? Last change?
There have been 268 edits since the article was first written. The first edit was September 1st, 2003. The most recent edit was August 12th, 2008.

6. How many external links are provided?
There were four external links, although only three of them were technically links, the fourth was a reference to an article in a magazine.

7. How many references?
There were three references.

8. How many entries under Further Reading?
There isn’t a further reading section, but there is a “See Also” section. There are three “See Also” links.

I would not recommend Women in Ancient Rome. While it has some links to some interesting information, the article itself lacks substance. When I was reading it, it felt like the author was a high school student who skimmed a history book or spark notes then wrote paper for their class.