User:Benlee203/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Early music revival

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I find it interesting because it timelines the idea of realistic performance of older musics. It starts from the very first times it was done, who were the pioneers of early reenactment, and how that brings us to today. My initial thoughts were that I wouldn’t have thought this practice went so far back in time, I’m also kind of surprised by how short the article is and how few sources there are, most of them being by the same person.

Evaluate the article
The article has a good lead section that does a good job of summing up what the article will be about. The content of the article follows a solid timeline from the beginning of this practice, to how it evolved, to modern time. There is an equity gap in the sense that the article only talks about mainly medieval and renaissance music and nothing about other cultures or world areas of music. For example, many tribal peoples actively celebrate their cultures in tribal dance and song celebrations. There is no mention of such practices in the article. The article does a great job of maintaining neutrality throughout. One problem is that the article is entirely based on two sources by the same person. The title of the sources is the same as the article. This means all the information put into this article is from one person with their own specific viewpoints and opinions. The sources for the article are not diversified enough for the amount of information that there is. There is only one perspective. The writing is well organized from top to bottom and follows a logic timeline of events. There are no images in the article. Images may have made it more engaging or given the reader an idea of what these reenactments look like. There’s nothing much to say about the talk page. The article is good in that it gives a lot of great information and gives it in the order it occurred. I like knowing how this art form developed and evolved over the centuries. I wish it had more diversified sources and perspectives and contained more images so I could say what the art form looks like.