User:Am3860/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the article on author Tim Tingle.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article after I read How I Became a Ghost because Tim Tingle is an important Indigenous author who has created diversity in children's literature through his depictions of Indigenous communities. Despite his contributions to children's literature, his article does not contain detailed information regarding his biography and the works he has published.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The introductory section concisely describes the topic but is grammatically incorrect. It only includes this one sentence and no other information related to other important information about Tim Tingle.

Content

All of the content in the topic is relevant to the topic, as the different sections include Early Life, Education, Career, Selected Works, and Honors and Awards, and seems to be up-to-date in terms of his most recent awards and published books. It may also be informative to have a sections on Influence and Style/Theme related to Tim Tingle's work, as there exist many interviews online in which he has talked about how his culture and upbringing inspire his stories. Since Tim Tingle also represents historically underrepresented Indigenous populations, we would benefit from learning more about his lived experiences and their relationship to his career.

Tone and Balance

The tone of the article is definitely neutral, but there could be more detail in certain sections. The Early Life section, for example, is rather short and could be expanded to include more about information about his upbringing in the culture of the Choctaw Nation. The Selected Works section also lists all of his books but does not include any information aside from the names of these books. It could at least include a short summary of the basic premise of each series or standalone books since these books also lack their own Wikipedia page.

Sources and References

The article could certainly use more references, especially because some of the links do not work. Most of the sources are random websites or news articles, but there do not really exist peer-reviewed scholarly articles about Tim Tingle specifically, which makes it difficult to include more reliable references.

Organization and Writing Quality

This article seems poorly written. There are small grammatical errors present throughout the article, and the sentences in each section lack variety in structure and do not flow neatly from one to another. For example, the Career section discusses the different festivals that Tim Tingle has spoken at, but it jumps from an event in 2002 to an event in 2014 and then back to 2006. I would also combine the Education and Early Life sections because the former only contains one sentence and, therefore, seems to imbalance the article.

Images and Media

The article does not include any images or media. It should contain at least an image of Tim Tingle himself.

Talk Page Discussion

The article has not been given a class rating, but it is part of the WikiProject Biography. The discussion in the Talk page largely revolves around restructuring the Honors and Awards section to clarify what certain honors mean as well as make it more understandable. It also emphasizes the need for stronger references throughout the article.

Overall Impressions

This article is largely underdeveloped. It contains very little detail about Tim Tingle or his work even though he is an incredibly distinguished author in relation to Indigenous stories. The article seems to have a good framework to begin with, but it requires more information in each section (w/ strong sources) and needs to be edited to improve the quality of writing.