User:EmilyMeeds/Evaluate an Article

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Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it was obvious that much more could be said about this woman from the 1800's. She wrote poems about anti-slavery and about Black women (specifically their anguish under this oppressive colonial structure). Though she was known for her ties to the anti-slavery community and movement in Philadelphia, not much has been said about her association with feminism as intersecting with these ties.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is to the point, Includes an introductory sentence and no extraneous information. It could use a little more detail and include a breakdown of the sections that proceed it.

The content is relevant to the topic, but not all encompassing. Many of Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis's poetry is not mentioned and no associations with feminist ideologies are made. Big gap in information. But it does feature underrepresented groups and does deal with the equity gap.

The article is neutral and doesn't attempt to persuade its readers in any directions. The tone and balance is good. It is a small article so I would be concerned if it wasn't. Some of the information needs to be elaborated upon or more accurately expressed.

The sourcing is the main issue here. The current sources appear to be scholarly or academic in some cases. But then, some sources are from places like "encyclopedia.com." There are much better sources available. However, The true issue here is that so much is missing, none of her works are properly cited and only some are even mentioned.

The article is well written but not well organized. There are not many spelling or grammatical issues - there is however many more sections that could be included. Like a section on the topic I want to include about feminism.

No images are included and I would really like to find an image or picture of Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, or at least an image of the anti-slavery society she belonged to.

This article is part of a couple different projects:

WikiProject Biography / Arts and Entertainment

WikiProject Women's History

WikiProject United States

WikiProjects Women writers

There is very little editing and discussion on this article - Great opportunity for improvement and community involvement here.

This article is a Class-S article and has a completeness score of 30. It can definitely be improved upon and lots more information can be added about this historical figure. The sourcing can be fixed and improved upon and so can the accuracy or the information - though it is not totally incorrect in many cases. I would classify this as a partially developed article. Definitely a good start, but could be much better. More information, better sourcing, greater detail, sectioned out more efficiently, and greater accuracy with information dissemination.