User:Christina Albanesius/Evaluate an Article

Article Evaluation

 * Name of article: Alison Adam
 * I chose this article to evaluate as it seemed relevant to the course as Alison is a professor in the area of science, technology and society. She specializes in gender as it relates to information technology.

Lead
The lead of this article is a statement of fact about who Alison Adam is and what area of study she specializes in. It is rather brief in that it only details her area of expertise and what institution she teaches at, which as of 2012 is Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK. This lead is definitely not overly detailed and could honestly be a bit more robust in the information it presents.

Content
The content of the article discusses Alison's relevant qualifications as a research fellow, lecturer and professor at several institutions. It further details that she been involved in the area of Science and Technology Studies with a specialization in how gender plays a role in information systems. One of her most notable studies was on gender and artificial intelligence epistemology and how gender knowledge could be used to challenge AI. All very relevant topics to the current time and climate.

Tone and Balance
The article is neutral in its presentation of Alison as it presents only the facts of her career, where she has taught and the area of discipline. It does not try to sway the leader one way or the other in relation to gender and definitely does not present any feminist statements that may color the readers opinion.

Sources and References
There are a handful of sources cited for this article. Some seem to be from sources that the average individual would not know about unless they dug through the internet to find them. A few when clicked on lead to pages that are no longer operational or have moved, which would lead someone to question the validity of the sources in the first place.

Organization
The organization of the article is fairly concise and not overly wordy. It really is a brief description of Alison's career and subjects of interest. There are no grammatical or spelling errors that stand out and it is easily read in minutes.

Images and Media
There are no images in this article, which does leave it feeling a bit one note to the reader.

Checking the talk page
There are no conversations on the talk page of this article which has a C-Class WikiProjects rating. This article seems too new or obscure to have generated much interest or the need to discuss it with the author.

Overall impressions
Overall the article is a tad one note and bland, but it is succinct and to the point which works in it's favor. The article in and of itself does not delve into Alison's research, which is very timely and quite interesting. It would have been a welcome addition to actually have her gender/AI research discussed in more detail, but it was only briefly touched upon. The article seems to be more of work in progress than a finished piece.