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Article: Mad Men (Season 1) I think the article is very neutral, detailed, and describes what happens in season one with clarity and conciseness. There are no outlandish claims because what happens in the show is exactly what is described in the article. The author of this article writes with voice and tone and does not seem to favor certain characters over others.
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The viewpoints are all there and matter of fact. The author does not go super in depth on any part of the plot but rather states "she was sexually harassed." Which is true, Joan was sexually harassed to no end and the author could have gone into the politics of that situation but rather left the article up to a factual summary of season one.

The citations all work and provide links to their appropriate pages. Links for the actors, historical events, and novelty words and phrases all match up. Things like the 1960 presidential campaign and the "hobo code" are both linked and accurate. They are linked to neutral and factual pages.

No information is out of date. It is all in real time and backs up the descriptors of the episodes on Netflix. The only thing I think that could be added would to be to go to more opinion pages or link to any fan pages for those interested.

The talk page contains conversations about awards, the soundtrack, and finding even better sources, like scripts from the producers and agency. The talk page is filled with people who genuinely want this page to be better and filled with respectful conversation.

The rating is under low-importance television articles. It is part of the WikiProject Television and the last major edit was done in 2012.

Wikipedia discusses this topic in a way we would have talked about in class. All the training is very relevant and works out well, it is interesting to see all of it in action.

Black Women Filmmakers Wikipedia:

Ava DuVernay, a pioneer of black female filmmakers, became the first black woman to win the US Dramatic Directing Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. DuVernay has also made history by becoming the first black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe. DuVernay has continued her career in filmmaking and her upcoming film "A Wrinkle in Time" is set to be released in 2018 with an estimated budget surpassing $100 million, which will make DuVernay the first black female to direct a live-action film with that large of a budget. Sarahcohn (talk) 16:38, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

PEER REVIEW 1: Sarah Cohn did a great job with her Ava DuVernay bio and included relevant, and historical material. I think it is constructive to have modern examples as well as historically rooted ones. The entire page of Black Women Filmmakers is inherently modern since film itself and the breakthrough of black (women) into the industry is also relatively new. The production of such movies like "A Wrinkle in Time" is also more of a cultural debate since only Disney could fund something like this or be as progressive, with such a troubled past. Sarah's works melds nicely onto the page Cagrubba (talk) 20:47, 27 February 2018 (UTC) PEER REVIEW 2: Michah Corning has done an excellent job pulling sources and has looked at Laura Mulvey to inform his Wikipedia findings. Nice! Michah has looked at this assignment as more of a gender studies exercise rather than a more film-based exercise. This dichotomy has nicely informed his writing and I look forward to seeing more. His use of the talk page also makes his writings more legitimate. Cagrubba (talk) 20:47, 27 February 2018 (UTC) Additional: On editing Islamic Feminism, Mackenzie Smokstad has done a great job with her research and sourcing. There are excellent points from all of the contributors but I can see the though that has gone into this page. It has many different viewpoints from insiders and outsiders.

Tara Peer Review: I found the article draft to be a great addition to the existing Wikipedia article. It was concise and very informative of Ava DuVernay's accomplishments. Adding this black woman filmmaker to the article gives a wider breadth of filmmakers to make the article more encompassing of black women in this industry. I also think it was a great idea to add Ava because of her recent release of "A Wrinkle in Time" which was noted in the article draft. Great job! 2600:1700:C021:70C0:51E8:8C8E:F487:E0B9 (talk) 18:27, 28 February 2018 (UTC)Tarapark96

PEER REVIEW: Looking at Sarahcohns contribution I think that it is very relevant to the article. This would better the article because the article has focused on historical black women filmmakers, and this contribution would add a more recent material. I don't see a citation on the article that links to your reference. I think this portion was very informative about Ava DuVernay's and was a great addition to the article.

Peer Review- by Ebrault

The article that was chosen observes to be neutral and discusses black women's role in film making. Ava DuVernay is the key figure who is mentioned within the wiki article edit and her role in movies set to make billions of dollars within the movie industry. Maybe mentioning how the film industry has evolved or changed since the role of black women entering the industry would be an interesting focal point to touch on if it remains neutral. ~EBrault

Celia added a lot of new and relevant information about Madam Toussaint Welcome, one of the first black women filmmakers. She cited the information used and added an important part about the history of black women filmmakers. She also included quotes, which she cited, proving the authenticity of the information.Sarahcohn (talk) 17:56, 27 February 2018 (UTC)Sarahcohn (talk) 17:14, 21 March 2018 (UTC)