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Evaluation Explanation
This evaluation is on the same article as my July 15th evaluation, the Laura Les page. However for this evaluation, I will be using the Wikipedia biography template to dive deeper into my analysis of the article.

Lead
The lead for Laura Les's article is improved because of the edits I made to it yesterday; it now includes a sentence about Les's early life, as well as a sentence about her sexuality and how that has contributed to her music. However, the lead is still not very strong and needs more information. For example, adding information about Les's band 100 Gecs, as well as the discography discussed later in the article, would improve this lead.

Early Life
This article does not include an "Early Life" section just yet. However, I was able to find sourced material that discussed Les's childhood, so there is an opportunity to create an early life section. The lead currently mentions an aspect of her early life, which will be a good pre-cursor to this section once it is created.

Career
This article does not discuss Les's career in detail, however it does include her significant contributions to music under the discography heading. As an aside, I noticed that the discography content was updated and edited by another Wikipedian after I posted my own edits to the lead yesterday. The discography content is a fairly compressive view of Les's musical contributions, but there is still significant room to add to a "Career" section because Les's career is notable in a variety of ways. For example, she started her band called 100 Gecs using the internet, and played concerts on YouTube and Minecraft to vast audiences. She also uses a unique vocal pitch in her singing called "nightcore" vocals, which she says was a result of experimentation brought about from her sexuality.

Legacy
There is no legacy section for Les yet. However, based on my research of sourced material yesterday, I do believe there is room to include a legacy section to this article.

Research Contributions (Discography / Musical Contributions)
Currently, the discography section (as I am adapting the "Research Contributions" aspect of the biography editing template) is the strength of this article. The discography section breaks down Les's music by the sub-headings: extended plays, compilation albums, and singles. Each of these subheadings include specific songs that Les helped create. One way to improve this discography section is to add citations for her different musical contributions.

Evaluation of Wikipedia Article, July 15
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Laura Les
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I decided to evaluate this article because it looked like there were significant places to make improvements. There is only one sentence as a biography, and the page does not include any citations currently.

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 (write out your thoughts here)
The lead for this essentially represents the entire article itself. The lead is one sentence long, describing Laura Les's career, and the rest of the article only includes Les's discography. Essentially the lead is too short, which is compounded by the fact that the entire article lacks any significant content.

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?

Content evaluation (write out your thoughts here)
The content of this article is almost non-existent. It only includes a list of songs created by Laura Les, but gives no description as to the nature of Les' life, career, accomplishments, etc. There is lots of missing content.

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 (write out your thoughts here)
This article is neutral, if only because the one-sentence lead is neutral. The rest of the article is factual information about the songs from Laura Les's band called the 100 Gecs, and so this article can be considered fair and balanced, albeit lacking in quantity of 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?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation (write out your thoughts here)
There are no citations at all for this article.

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 (write out your thoughts here)
This article is organized well given its short nature. Laura Les is not extremely famous (a quick google search brings up her Instagram page and Soundcloud profile before getting to any outside sources) so it's not surprising that the content of this article mainly focuses on the discography of the band 100 Gecs.

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 (write out your thoughts here)
There are no images in this article.

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 (write out your thoughts here)
There is no one that has utilized the talk page for this article. However, the talk page does discuss that this article is within the scope of the WikiProject "Women in Music."

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 (write out your thoughts here)
Overall, this is a poorly developed Wikipedia article. It does not include much content at all, features no citations, and utilizes no images.

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