User:Arihong/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Miari

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I decided to choose Miari because it's one of South Korea's largest and well known red-light district. Red light districts are a visual glimpses of sex work within a region. I find Miari as a red-light district a very interesting subject matter since the international portrayal of South Korea often focuses on its glamorous yet highly filtered K-pop personas. I also believe it's important to explore sex work beyond the West in a way that's not condescending or takes on a savior complex towards non-Westerners.

My initial reaction of this article was that it is a very clear start/stub page. Its content is almost exclusively limited to its history, all of which draws from a discussion/interview of Miari's police chief. There's not much else to summarize, as it has very little content at the moment.

Evaluate the article
Miari

A page focused on the Miari neighborhood within Seoul, famously known as a red-light district.

Firstly, I think I should state that this is only a stub page, so that there are many things missing.


 * I would add to the lead section. It's limited, mainly referencing its location and entrance. I also think that the wording is awkward and repetitive, specifically "the area is entered through a curtain at the entrance to an alleyway. Several other alleys come off this alley."
 * The lead section mentions Miari's nickname as Texas Miari, so you should explore this further potentially in the history or culture section.
 * I think a good reference for further structuring this article would be more popular borough/neighborhood Wikepedia sites like Brooklyn or even specific red-light district pages like De Wallen.


 * Again, most of my points can be fixed with simply more content/information
 * History - I think this page puts a lot of weight on Kang Ja Kim (Kim, Kang Ja)'s actions as police chief in 2000. Majority of the citations come from an article that solely focuses on Kang Ja Kim, which seems to be too biased for a Wikipedia source. I think it would be stronger to detail this in another section Governance and Policing or Sex Work.
 * History should focus more on the founding and establishment of Miari, which might be a good place to include the history behind its nickname, Texas Miari.
 * Location - I think it would be good to create a location section with possibly images as briefly mentioned in the lead section. This would be a better place to detail-- or even show with photos-- "the alleys off an alleyway" aspect.
 * Sex Work - I believe as a notable red-light district, it might be worthwhile to create a sex work section. Although, I understand the limitations of potentially finding enough translated, good sources on the subject.

~ Arihong (talk) 01:45, 10 November 2021 (UTC)