User:Greenleaf0

Bio

About Me

Thank you for visiting my user page. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I am very interested in true crime and psycology. I enjoy learning about how our brains work and how they form, especially relating to motivating our actions and behavior. I also have a passion for educating. Since, Early Childhood Education can help children develop the skills they need to succeed later in life, I think it is very important to make sure we are educating ourselves on the best way to teach our children.

My Wikipedia Interests

I hope to improve the variety of information on Wikipedia and improve the verifiability of the information already on wikipedia. I would like to contribute to pages relating to topics I am passionate about, or create pages if they do not exist. These topics would include psycology, education, and literature.

Article Evaluation

In high school I took German classes and that is where I was introduced to Krampus. Ever since then, I have been fascinated by this central European tradition. I visited the Krampus article on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: its lack of citations, the inclusion of the criticism section, and very little information on the origin of Krampus.

Citations

There are citations within the article, however there are many areas with no citations or only one for an entire paragraph. An example of this is the first section of the article. This section contains only four outside citations even though there are many facts within this section. This means that there is a lot of information that is not connected to a citation and therefore, cannot be verified.

Criticism

I think the section about Criticism is unnecessary. This section is very short and includes irrevelant information, such as "there are arguments during Krampus runs". I do not see the value in this section and I do not think it should be included.

Origins of Krampus

The section on the origin of Krampus is very short and provides little information. For example, there is no mention of Krampus' origins in the pagan ritual of winter solstice. There is also no mention of the legend that he is the son of Hel, the norse god of the underworld. The article also doesn't include that the Catholic church attempted to ban Krampus in the 12th century because of his resemblance to the devil. I think that adding more information, like what I mentioned previously, would deepen reader's understanding of the history of Krampus.

Conclusion

I consider this article to be decent. There is enough information to get an overview on the history and tradition of the folklore of Krampus. However, the article is lacking citations which makes it difficult to know the truthfulness of the facts it contains. There is also too little content in certain sections which would provide a deeper understanding of the topic and there are some parts of the article that have little value or importance and do not contribute much to the overall piece.