User:AaliyahM12/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Outfest

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I have chosen this article to evaluate because I think Outfest is a very important to the LGBTQ community as well as to the history of queer people. Adding to this article will allow me to give more insight to readers on this nonprofit. My first impression on the article: I thought it could use some work. It's not much in the article besides the basics.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.

Lead Section

- The first sentence of this section is great but I don't think I would have included the partners so early on. I would have included it in the section about history and talked about how these companies becomes partners with one another. The entire section is overly detailed for it to be the beginning or opening.

Content

- I think this part of the article is great. It includes the history, programs, initiatives, and awards. The programs part needs to add Philly Outfest parade in the programs or history part. I do think that the content in general does discuss a topic that is underrepresented. Honestly, I don't think I knew about it before this class. There may be more information to add besides just the basics but that is contingent upon the info I find. So, the content is not up to date. Also, I feel as though I can tell this because the most current sources are from 2020 and I'm pretty sure things have happened since containing Outfest.

Tone and Balance

- I think the tone and balance is definitely neutral. I do not see anything in the article that could come off as opinionated. Everything about the article is balanced.

Sources and References

The references include a couple of different sources such as Forbes and New York Times. I think that that these are not websites that are from reliable sources. They are not from text books, literature reviews, and or book publications so how do we know that this is actual true information?

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is clear and concise to read. I do think that the different subheadings allows for the reader to smoothly run through the article without not understanding or being confused. There are no grammatical errors.

Images and Media

There are no images or media besides the logo.

Talk Page Discussion

There are no current conversations going on about this topic or article. The article is rated start-class and low-importance. I wonder why this is though?

It is apart of 3 WikiProjects: LGBT studies, Film/American/Festivals and California/Los Angeles. In class we never really had a in detail conversation about Outfits, so this article gives me more insight on the topic.

Overall Impressions

Overall the article could use more information from reliable sources such as from databases that have been peer reviewed. I think the references included should not have been used. Granted It provides basic information I think that it should only come from academic/scholarly written articles that we know is true. The weaknesses about the article are what could make this article improve a lot. it needs more work in the history area and in the leading section. I think what should definitely be included is how these two students came up with this idea to start a film festival and why. That is crucial being as though this information is out for the world to see as this is an encyclopedia. I would also add more pictures or at least include a link to Openverse for people to see. I would not say it is poorly developed but it is underdeveloped.