User:Braveyy/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gender studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I'm in a gender and sexuality class and thought the content may be informative to what we are discussing in class. This topic matters because gender is a part of everyone's day to day life. My preliminary impression is that the article is well researched and written.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section

Overall, the lead section is strong and has a good topic sentence. It is fairly concise but does not include a brief outline of the article's main sections.

Content

There is a good variety of content, including history and criticisms of gender studies. However, there is potentially too much weight on gender in Asia and Polynesia, as the article does not discuss other regions of the world to the same degree. Only the government attitudes of a few other countries are briefly mentioned. More information could also be added to the section on women's studies given that it currently is lacking compared to the section on men's studies.

Tone and Balance

The tone of the article remains neutral and doesn't not attempt to persuade the reader.

Sources and References

Most sources are reliable, but a select few have been marked as being potentially unreliable.

Organization and writing quality

The overall organization of the article makes sense, expect for the section on gender in Asia and Polynesia as discussed above. The quality of the writing is good in terms of spelling and grammar. Some sections could be more concise.

Images and media

Although relevant, there is only one image. Photos may not be especially important in enhancing reader understanding, but the addition of diagrams summarizing some of the theories mentioned could be helpful.

Talk page discussion

There is a significant amount of conversation on this article ranging from discussions regarding how gender is and should be discussed in the article to adding more context in areas as well as incorporating more non-western viewpoints. It is rated class-C and is a part of three WikiProjects (Gender studies, Sexology and sexuality, and Philosophy).

Overall impression

Overall, the article is well structured but needs some work done to better contextualize and fill out some arguments and add additional perspectives. There are also some sources that need to be reevaluated for reliability, and more media could be added.