User:Alicecarlst/Evaluate an Article

Lead:

1.Yes, the first sentence is a good, general description of Frank Lloyd wright.

2. Yes, the first few paragraphs gives an overview of both the biographical content as well as an overview of his artistic accomplishments.

3. No.

4. I think it is a little bit too detailed. I think instead of going into detail with each topic introduced, it could just be one of two sentences instead.

Content:

1.The content is relevant to the topic, but some of it feels a little bit unnessarily for a general article, like discussing whether Frank Lloyds Wright's name could have been Franklin or Frank Lincoln Wright.

2. The content seems up to date.

3. The article is very, very in depth. I feel like some of the information could have been cut (like the example I gave for the first question) so that it is a little more general. It feels like it could be edited down a little bit.

4. No, it does not. This is an article about a rich, white and well known male architect.

Tone and Balance:

1.The article is not entirely neutral, it feels very positive toward Frank Lloyd Wright.

2. I think claiming that Frank Lloyd Wright came up with this new style (Prairie Style) without discussing what other architects or cultures this style could have been influenced by seems a little biased.

3. The viewpoint of Frank Lloyd Wright as a genius that does not have any artistic influences feels over represented.

4. When there is a disagreement among art historians on a particular topic this does seem to be pointed out and stated in the article.

5. I don't think it does intentionally, but I do think that including more possible stylistic influences for Wright's style would be nice so we can see his design does not exist in a vacuum. In particular it frustrates me that the article points out he is interested in selling and buying Japanese prints but fails to really emphasize how this may have influenced his architecture. Japanese buildings and prints are listed once on a list of influences but this would easily be missed if reading through the article and all of the other items on the list besides nature are just inspiration from european culture along with a few white artists.

Sources and References:

1.No, there are multiple spots where instead of a citation it just says "citation needed".

2.Yes, there are a lot of sources and they are very thorough.

3.The sources are current, quite a few are from 2021. There are some more dated articles but that seems appropriate for the topic (I think its good to have first-hand sources from when he was alive/ shortly after he passed as well).

4.The articles seem to be written mainly by academics in art history. A few of the articles appear to be written in Japanese and some of the authors appear to be women given their names. I would not say the articles appear to include that many marginalized voices overall, they are written mainly by men and appear to be mainly american.

5.Even just a quick google search for "Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese influence" comes up with so many results on this topic. I wish these articles and viewpoints were more represented in the article.

6.The links seem to work overall.

Organization and writing Quality:

1.I think overall this article could benefit from being edited down a little bit, there is so much information present and some of it feels a bit overwhelming and dense for the reader. On the flip side, I think the influences section could be expanded. Overall I do think the actual writing is good, it is clear and easy to understand.

2. I did not notice and grammatical or spelling errors.

3. I think having his career broken down into early and late and then having the family issues in the middle of these two topics was confusing. I would have preferred the career to all have been one section and the personal issues to be a different section that comes after. Personally I think Part three (midlife problems) could be merged with part six (personal life and death). Other than that, I do think it is well organized.

Images and Media:

1.Yes, I appreciate the images chosen.

2.Yes, the captions are good.

3.I am not sure.

4. The images are well laid out.

Talk Page discussions:

1. There is actually a discussion around whether or not to include the information around Frank Lloyd Wright's name possibly being different, which is funny because it did stand out as kind of a silly thing to add to the article when I read it. Additionally, the source that this information came from is being called into question by some of the talk page editors because apparently he claimed to be a close friend of the family which was never proven and also was a writer at the New Yorker and really liked to dig up dirt on people (this is all according to the editors). There is also some discussion about if he is really the creator of all of these methods and styles the article claims him to be. One editor pointed out an architect with a very similar style Frank Lloyd Wright may have been influenced by and another said that it doesn't make sense to say that Wright came up with this particular style of reinforced concrete (which the article describes as Textile Concrete Block system) when other architects already were using similar methods.

2. The article is rated as a "level 4 vital article" in people. It was rated "C-class" and was submitted as a good article but did not meet the criteria.

3. I think there is less of a focus on social justice compared to how we discuss topics in this class.

Overall impressions:

1.I think this is a well written and in depth article overall.

2.The article is very detailed and appears to have a lot of editors interested in improving it.

3. The organization could be improved slightly. I think that more attention could be given to showing Frank Lloyd Wrights influences, especially his non-western influences.

4.The article is well developed, there is a lot of research that went into this article. I just think influences need to be researched more and more represented in this articles. Other sections could be edited down so that the article is a bit less overwhelming and dense.