User:Cepropst/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Vocal jazz

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article firstly because I have a passion for vocal jazz and felt like I could expand the article to include more relevant historical information about the history of jazz, notable musicians, and the vocal technique that is required in singing vocal jazz. After looking at the article, I saw that the article only had a short history of vocal jazz, it's musical origins, and a few musicians in this genre. I would like to expand this information, specifically expanding more in the history section.

Evaluate the article
The article has a lead sentence that is concise and clear and describes the articles topic. The lead paragraphs could be organized more clearly, and organized into musicians, history, and vocal technique of vocal jazz.

The articles content is relevant to the topic, and includes mostly up to date sources.

The article is neutrally written and does not include any bias towards a particular person or group. There are no viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented. No persuasion tactics are presented.

The sources include academic articles about vocal techniques and relevant and credible articles about the history of vocal jazz from a reputable jazz source. The sources could be more thorough and represent a diverse spectrum of articles. In addition, the article could include more sources from other types of literature like books about jazz history and the notable musicians and more peer-reviewed academic literature.

The article is not well organized or concise. The information could be organized in sections that reflect the major points of the topic.

There are no images and media. This could be added to show more information to readers.

The talk section points out a section in which the article had previously had a biased, POV sentence in the description. I will consider this as I move forward and make sure that the information on the page is neutral and factual and does not include my personal bias.

Overall, there is a good start to this article and it does provide relevant information that I can expand on and organize so it is more clear to readers. I can improve this article by organizing and finding more relevant and in-depth sources that have more information about the history of vocal jazz.