User:Bbartonshaw SFSU/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Utopian Studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The concept of Utopia has been of special interest to me, from entomology to philosophically, to the modern applications of utopian idealisms. Practically, the [age is smaller and more of hyperlink garden than an actual article, and I believe it will be significant to evaluate.

Lead Section

 * The lead section is scant, below the larger encyclopedic selection of related subsections of the larger "Utopia" subject leader. The first sentence does not accurately introduce the content of the article and instead gives a vague spectrum of applicable study.
 * There is only a single paragraph for the lead section and does not accurately advertise what is explained in the article to follow; there is information in the first paragraph that is not in the following article.
 * There is reference to the subdivision of Utopian Studies, but those subdivisions are not detailed in the article, simply hyperlinked to the main page of their respective subjects.

Content

 * The content is limited to recitation of external hyperlinks and provides little under its own power.
 * Information is up-to-date with listed significant works to the year 2010, and the most recent editing is from December 2021, but research could provide more recent works and notable scholars.
 * While the definition of utopian studies in the first sentence of the lead section describe is as an interdisciplinary field of study, there is no mention of intersectionality or critique referenced in the Eurocentric history of the concept of Utopia.

Tone and Balance

 * There is no essence of persuasion, just general introduction and listing of significant scholars of the field. Many of whom lack quality hyperlinks for further investigation.
 * No mention of minority disciplines of utopian studies; viewpoints of white, European and American scholars are overrepresented. Male perspectives are overrepresented as establishing/maintaining the concept and study of utopia.

Sources and Reference

 * Sources are bare and minimal, including only the smallest amount of information.
 * Other sources including the peer-reviewed journal externally referenced in the article have marginalized scholars and content not mentioned in the article proper.

Organization and Writing Quality

 * There are no grammatical or writing errors, or none that are noticeable.
 * Organization is limited and does not break down the topic appropriately. There are masses of information missing from better understanding the main subject.
 * Organization sections that do exist consist of info-dumping and list-making for individual reference.
 * Dead links and links with no information are left for readers.

Images and Media

 * No images or media are used to better explain the concept. Pictures of publication covers, academics, or conferences featuring utopian studies are not applied.

Talk Page Discussion

 * The article as of September 2020 has not been given a rating.
 * Talk mostly consists of "to do" work notifications, like adding images and expanding the article outside the name listing.

Overall Impression

 * While this article is one of many, many subsections under the umbrella subject "Utopia," it is too limited to enlighten a reader about the subject or its significance to wider scholarship.
 * The article is overall incomplete and needs general enhancement. Images and media need to be added and the lists of scholarship and significant scholars should be updated. Subsections of interdisciplinary study, as mentioned in the lead section, must be added, as well as early historic study to modern scholarship, pop culture application, and particular addition of African and Asian Utopian study, rather than Eurocentric representation.