User:EditsByDave/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Astra Taylor

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because I came across Taylor's writing and films in the past few years, and believe I could possibly contribute to the encyclopedic entry about her. My initial impression of the page was relief that it was fairly already developed. It has multiple sections and well cited biographical facts.

Evaluate the article
I think the general content, organization, and sourcing of the article is quite well done. I have not yet noticed any citation errors which need to be corrected. Further, I think the page has a well balanced tone, and is fair both to the figure, without being too charitable. It describes her work objectively and clearly.

I think there are three main areas where the article's editors ought to seek improvement.

First, the lead section could certainly use expansion. Given the size of the page currently, I am unsurprised it is not developed at length. Nevertheless, given Taylor's wide reaching interests (democracy, debt, the rights of nature, technology, her criticism of activism, etc.) I think more could be added. Currently, the lead only mentions her work in debt cancellation, which admittedly, has been quite central to her career.

Second, the "activism" section could also be improved. The material in it is cited, but there is much more content that could be added. She has interviewed done major work toward debt cancellation, especially.

Third, I think the section "Works" should be split into separate sections "Writing" and "Film Productions" so that each gets their respective elaboration. Considering her well received and lengthy newer book about democracy, her older writings surrounding philosophy and debt, and her newest book, which is a collection of essays which stretch across various subjects, I think there is substantive material for this to be its own section, containing more than just her work's titles. Her films have also received significant praise.

I would also like some of her major speeches and interviews to be cited, for example her digital presentation with Angela Davis "Their Democracy and Ours."