User:Emmamckay5/Evaluate an Article

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Stella Nyanzi

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Stella Nyanzi is a queer theorist advocating for human rights. I had not heard of her before finding this article under the queer theorists section; while wanting to choose someone to learn about. She is a well-educated Ugandan woman who was arrested for expressing critical views against the Ugandan government.

My preliminary impression was a moment of suprise that I hadn't heard of Nyanzi before. An activist being arrested for protesting the illegality of homosexuality and the banning of sex education in schools is shocking.

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The lead section of this article consists of two sentences. It consists mostly of information on her education and career, but lacks information on her research and activism. There is a mention that she is a poet, yet no mention of poetry in the article later on.

The latest update on this article was done on December 11th, 2021. There is a lack of information on her after her exile from Uganda and arrival in Kenya in January 2021, though she is still active online and attending conventions, conferences, and performing poetry. The research section should be more specific about the work she has done, noting the vague sentence of "the sexual behaviour of many groups." On the right side of her page under "other names" is listed "Nnalongo Owenene, Nnalongo (Mother of twins)" but upon checking the source listed beside it, I found Nnalongo to be written as Nnaalongo. This information feels slightly irrelevant as well, as Nyanzi seems to had only referred to herself as Nnaalongo once in a facebook post. All other information appears relevant to her biography and impact.

There is a clear neutral tone throughout the article.

The sources are thorough, up-to-date, and are reliable. There are a variety of Ugandan news sources.

The article is organized well. There are no spelling or grammatical errors.

Upon looking at the talk page, there are no conversations. There is a note that this article was nominated for deletion on 31 August 2017, but was marked with no consensus. Information has been updated since then and this article stands as credible. The article is also a part of four WikiProjects.

Overall, this is a decent article. There is a good summary on Stella Nyanzi's education, career, activism, research, arrest, and reception. It lacks a section on Nyanzi's current achievements (awards and honours), and there is one line of minor misinformation. With this corrected, and a list of her current achievements implemented, this would be a strong article about Stella Nyanzi.