User:Dvuliudsklifski/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Petrushka (ballet)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is marked as a mid-importance stub on a topic I know a lot about, so it seems like a good place I can expand from and test my skills while expanding knowledge in this area of art history. I also chose it because it obviously could use some work, with much of the information on the page about the history and origins of Petrushka, with conflicting information on the page, along with a lack of description of the form or cultural place of the puppet theatre--for instance, more information about Petrushka can be found in the background information on the page for Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka than on this page, but neither page links to the other currently!

Evaluate the article
The article does not a clear introduction that gives users an idea of the context of this article, referencing Russian words without translating or explaining them. Despite the article nominally being about the Russian form of this folk puppet, most of the background information is spent on the Italian prototype. The general structure of the article is simple, but could be expanded upon to include a more robust history section followed by sections modeled after other similar pages on plot, genre, form, cultural context, and legacy. The article currently does not back up many of its claims with sources. There are also only two images, one of which is a statue in Paris, further skewing the cultural context of article.