User:Bhj028/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
1935 Lebanon tobacco protests

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because our course focuses on food in the Islamic Middle East. This article is about protests that occurred in Middle Eastern countries due to French involvement in the agriculture sector, which I believe is relevant to the course I am in.

Evaluate the article
Content: The information in the article remains relevant to the topic, and the subheadings effectively detail the context, events, and key players of the protests. However, information could be added about the roles of other groups in the protests, rather than simply the AFU and women tobacco workers (with an allusion to the Maronite patriarch), especially because the introduction highlights how several different groups participated. The introduction also states that, "the tobacco protests ... were not necessarily an exceptional event," and I wonder if this is appropriate to say.

Tone: The tone of the article is neutral, although there is more focus on the protests' relevance to feminist movements than any other social movement - even though several groups were noted in the lead section.

Sources: The provided links were valid and connected to academic journals. The most frequently cited source throughout the article is a book that I do not have access to. One source evaluates the protests through the lens of the Maronite participants, while another focuses on the feminist angle; thus, there is a diverse set of viewpoints cited.

Talk page: The article is rated as C-class, and is related to the WikiProjects for Syria, Women's History, Lebanon, and History, although with relevance ratings of "low-importance" for all categories. The assessment comment mentions that images, an infobox, and more reliable references would improve the content rating of the article, which I agree with.