Talk:Indigenous architecture in the United States

Peer Review

Lead Section -

Biggest notes that I have for this section are 1) while the section is concise and descriptive, I think it may be even a little bit too short for the brevity of the article. The remainder of the article goes into more detail about specific differing types of architecture present among various regions of indigenous peoples, and you don't really introduce this information at all in the existing lead section. 2) Work on your neutrality and objectivity in the way that you introduce your topic - it's coming across with an undertone of argument (i.e., it's sounding from the reader's perspective that you're making the case that Indigenous peoples' culture has been/is being erased, which isn't entirely relevant to your article).

Content -

You have a decent amount of content regarding the physical architecture of North American Indigenous groups. However, it would be relevant to include more of the cultural aspects of the architecture that you're describing. You have the 'what' of the architecture - the form of it and the physicality. What you're still missing is the 'why' - the function/purpose of the different aspects of the architectural structures that you describe.

Tone and Balance -

For the most part, your contributions are very neutral. As I said in the 'lead section' portion of my Peer Review, however, there are some portions of the piece that have an undertone of bias. I see this primarily in the lead section as well as in the second sentence of the section headlined "Architecture of Indigenous People on the Great Plains"

Images and Media -

Just based on the topic of your article, it may be a good idea to embed some pictures. It would really help visualize the aspects of indigenous architecture that you're referring to in your article.

Everything else is looking pretty good from what I can tell! Rosenam2 (talk) 22:39, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded the request for pictures! it's a very good article but it could really do with some visual support. 0albannabla0 (talk) 03:10, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are some pictures in Indigenous architecture. Викидим (talk) 22:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Subject

@Mcgovekc: The title of the article implies that the vernacular architecture should also be included. However, the article almost exclusively covers the contemporary architecture influence by or produced by indigenous people. Was this the intent? If yes, can the change of the title to "Contemporary ..." be warranted? Викидим (talk) 17:46, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Geography

The article focuses on the US architecture with some Canadian sprinkled in. I have changed the title accordingly. Викидим (talk) 22:29, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian architecture duplicated

The Canadian indigenous architecture is well-covered in Indigenous architecture#Canada. The text from there should be brought here IMHO. ALternatively, one can excise the sparse Canadian content from here and rename this article, omitting Canada altogether. Викидим (talk) 22:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No objections for a month. Implemented by moving the Canadian content as suggested. Викидим (talk) 17:14, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit

The text is missing WP:Wikilinks. Викидим (talk) 22:34, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Title, scope, contemporary architects and works

An obvious fix needed here is to add "the" before United States; but more importantly, the scope of this article needs to be clarified in the lead. The article is entitled Indigenous architecture, not Native American architecture; but the content only covers Native American architecture. Indigenous people of the United States includes Alaska Natives, and indigenous Pacific Islanders of Hawaii (see Hawaiian architecture#History), so their architecture should also be included. If we also include territories, and I think they should be, then you have to consider the indigenous architecture in the other Pacific Islands and Caribbean Islands under U.S. jurisdiction. As far as architecture, as @Викидим said, the title implies a broad scope, including vernacular and contemporary architecture. The content itself does well to include both, but the lead focuses on the contemporary aspect.

As it is, the article may more fittingly be titled Native American architecture in the United States; but I think it would be better to include these other indigenous architectures in this article instead of re-naming it.

The content in the Prominent Indigenous architects and Notable works sections may work better under the Contemporary Indigenous architecture section. As they are, these sections are essentially lists, it would be better to have the architects and works in these lists be put in the context of the history of contemporary indigenous architecture in the U.S. so that their importance or notability is made clearer. I also think that it might be good to, eventually, create a separate articles for both Vernacular/Traditional and Contemporary indigenous architecture in the United States. Christopher Arturo Aragón Vides (talk) 07:19, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]