User:Cmaravilla37/Evaluate an Article

== Home Economics ==

Lead Section
The introductory sentence is long, but it is due to the list of what is entailed in home economics. The introduction section as a whole provides a well thought out framework of what I am preparing myself to read from what it looks like around the world and then a time frame of the advancement of home economics. Everything that was mentioned in the introduction was mentioned in the respected sections with sharing the important details in this section that is later elaborated later on. I feel like it is concise, talking about the major points needed for the intro.

Content
I found that all the content in this page to be relevant, but some things can be arranged to make it more cohesive in timeline, but other than that it is a solid article. This article has been updated multiple times with additional information being added on the regular. I will add that it addresses the marginalized minorities and how it lacking from home economics in the early 20th century, but it could definitely use more representation throughout the article in general.

Tone and Balance
The overall tone of the article is neutral, but a few word choices I would make would be like changing "There was a great need across the United States..." to "There was a need across the United States" There are no heavily biased views on the article, but I can tell that there is favoritism for Family Consumer Science in the United States than other countries. Other than that, it does not persuade you on where FCS is better or worse. It is just straight up telling the facts about the topic.

Sources and References
Most information that is listed on the article is cited and when clicking on multiple citations, it will bring the user back to scholarly books, peer-reviewed research articles on SAGE or another research database, or academic research. It is also cited from organizations like The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences or school websites. There is a large group of white authors and writers, at least when talking about Europe and North America. When talking about other parts of the world that is not in those two continents, there are a range of authors from those areas. I feel almost all the citations do not need to be switched and if so it is the ones that are leading to organizations websites that contain information on the subject, but a lot of the research that is presented in done that is credible and reviewed.

Organization and Writing Quality
This is where I begin my faults, I am not good in language mechanics and it is hard for me to tell if anything is misspelled or not grammatically correct. I do know about cohesion and about the flow of the article and I feel like it is pretty solid as a base. I would recommend going in order by date and not going back and forth in some areas.

Images and Media
All the images are either free to use which is cited correctly for where it came from or it is directly from somewhere with permission, I can be going on a whim because the first image on this article does not have that saying that "this is for free use", other than that they are all cited for. I would change the place on some pictures like if it is from a certain country, try and put the picture where that country is being talked about etc.

Talk Page Discussions
There was talk about not glorifying Home Economics and the possible merger of Family Consumer Science and Home Economics, but in the end it did stay separate. It is used for a lot of Wiki Education Foundation - supported course assignment and is rated a level-5 vital article and is a C-Class by WikiProject Vital Articles. I feel like there is not much difference between the course and the discussion board, but they do see other sides of Home Ec around the world and people helping each other out to paint a clear picture of what Home Ec is.

Overall Impressions
I feel like it has got most of the major components, but it would just be the rearranging of dates to make the timeline more sensible and changing out some words to give it a more neutral tone. I would say as long as there is new research or new information to be discovered, it would be great to add on. Especially when it comes to other countries where there is just a paragraph to describe one aspect. It would be better to leave it than add it because it would be a waste of space and time. Other than that, I feel like it has a lot of information, but I would like to see more in certain areas.

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