User:Daffodil Bale/Evaluate an Article

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 * Name of article: Feminist literature
 * I am a fan of Feminist literature and I also noticed that this page hasn't had any activity since 2018 and is part of a broader Wiki project on Feminism.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The introduction doesn't lay out what will be talked about in the article, and it doesn't really do a great job of explaining what Feminist Literature really is. Yes in the lead, it mentions a variety of genre's yet in the article itself it discuses Feminist Children's Literature and Sci-Fi Feminist literature. This lead is not detailed enough and it leaves out the largest section, history.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Content evaluation
Yes the articles content is relevant, although I am not sure that it is up to date. This topic could be written with more information and breaking down into the many types of feminist literature and those that began writing and those that continue to write to this day. Yes, this article does address an underrepresented population.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
It appears to be neutral the claims if made tend to refer to women with in literature as weak or undesirable. I am confused with why this would be referenced so many times, I would have thought it would be written as it is, and generally they are stories of strength or courage and not as much in the light of how others viewed women. There was no persuasion within this article, there was information and referenced or notable texts to validate the written information.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
Yes, there were only a couple paragraphs in which there were no citations, or a note requesting a citation. Yes the sources are thorough and reflect available literature on the topic. The sources however are dated, there was one current when they were editing this article in 2018 the rest are old. A majority of the sources were written by women and a couple were men and the links do still bring you to the correct source.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
It is clear, I added only a couple edits to which to provide more conciseness or clarity. I did edit several missing commas within the document and a few spelling issues and fixed verbs that were in the wrong form either singular vs plural. I felt the article could have been better organized, the history section was 90% of the acrticle.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
There were no images within the article itself.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
This article was part of a larger WikiProject on feminism and it was a C rated article. It was a little confusing as each project may have been rated a C or it was the article itself. The talk page didn't have any discussions on it and you were asked to join the broader discussion under the project itself.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
This article could be improved upon by fixing the leading section, I am not sure how the final sentence as relevance to Feminism literature, it reads out of place or context to me. There are so many women that could have been cited to as pioneers in Feminist literature, you could also add more current sources to the article.

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