User:Dana Hoover/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Shajar al-Durr

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because it is a topic of particular interest to me and also contains an architectural component which may mean, depending on this evaluation, I might be able to use this same article for my final project. This is an important topic for numerous reasons, to list one, this article presents an example of a women in a position of power which was unusual considering to context of her time period. Further, some of the work she commissioned still stands today yet they stand distantly from her, those who look upon these works, I get the feeling, know very little about Shajar al-Durr and her importance in her time.

Evaluate the article
As far I am educated on the topic, all of the information included is relevant to the topic of the article. Although some information seems only distantly related, such as the section on the Seventh Crusade, these events still played a role into how she transitioned into a position of such high power. Seeing as this is a topic dating back to the 1200's, all of the information present is not "out of date". I believe that this article does a good job of representing a very influential demographic of peoples that were typically underrepresented historically and arguably presently depending on geographic location. I think that the sections of "impact" "title" and particularly "architecture" could use more information to make for a more balanced article. The article maintains an objective tone and is neutral. There is one section at the start of the second paragraph in the "death" section that takes a tone slightly less than objective and could use a little balancing in my opinion. The links attached to citations work! Stated facts have citations to confirm their true nature. Although the vast majority of the sources are of Middle Eastern nature I do not believe this makes for a skewed article seeing that the article concerns a topic that happened centuries ago in the Middle East. The work of Al-Maqrizi appears to be arguably overrepresented in this article. Looking at the talk page it would appear that the talk page died out and went mostly silent in 2007 despite the fact that more has been added from sources dated as recently as 2020. This source differs from the sources we typically encounter in class since it acts as more of a biography than a specific architectural event. The focus here is a person that created several buildings rather than exclusively on the nature of the buildings. The talk page also appears to feature a comments that are not of the most polite nature. The article is part of one wiki-projects and has a B-class rating.