User:Elrupp/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Period Poverty

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article, because menstruation is a sexed and gendered bodily process with many policy implications and debates. It connects well to conversations in our course work around the costs of "womanhood," Othering of the poor as it relates to disgust, and more. I have researched state "Pink Taxes" before, so I have some experience with this topic. The first things I noticed were the short length of the article and the fact that it was marked as having multiple areas needing improvement, making it an apt article for editing.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section

 * The first sentence generally summarizes the topic, but could use some editing to make it more comprehensive
 * The second sentence feels redundant to the first. Can they be combined somehow?
 * No description of articles major sections
 * Introduces idea of connection to worldwide gender equality and economic justice worldwide, but the actual article barely touches on "worldwide" implications.
 * Fairly concise

Content

 * Missing citation in "Advocacy Efforts" section and "Causes sections"
 * I think there also should be a citation at the end of the intro?
 * Case studies were in the last five to ten years
 * While the U.S. section is very up-to-date (2023), it almost goes into so much detail for this specific year that it risks being out-of-date very soon
 * Related to underrepresented populations
 * People who menstruate
 * No mention of the menstrual hygiene movement in "Advocacy Efforts"
 * Too focused on individual incidences rather than broader patterns
 * Ex. Children Hospital of Philadelphia in "Advocacy efforts" section

Tone and Balance

 * Not neutral
 * Introduces topic leading you to see certain causes for period poverty
 * Both trying to reach too broad of a focus while still being biased toward American context
 * Reads like a personal essay
 * the 5-pronged plan in the Advocacy efforts section is portrayed as being more widely used and important than it is
 * Shows negative stance toward certain policies (i.e. pink tax) without data to back it up

Sources and References

 * Links seem to work
 * Fairly current
 * Would be interested
 * Uses some blogs, infographics, and other bad sources
 * Mostly American authors

Organization and writing quality

 * Generally easy to read and concise
 * More incomplete than anything
 * Did not spot spelling or grammar errors
 * A few spots where writing could flow better
 * Causes section needs the most work
 * Economic and social factors could be split into subsection
 * A lot more information needed on relationship to the listed government programs
 * Only focuses on U.S. context, while claiming to be "worldwide" focused article

Images and Media

 * Images are only in intro and awkwardly placed
 * Not cited
 * Do not add to content
 * Captions are adequate

Talk Page Discussion

 * Very little happening on talk page besides tag that a lot needs to be edited
 * C-class
 * Part of four wiki projects
 * Sanitation
 * Women
 * Women's Health
 * Human Rights

Overall Impressions

 * A lot of work to be done
 * Organization and content especially
 * Strength: sources seem current
 * Under and poorly developed