User:Eskarzinski/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
LGBT Culture in Chicago

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am part of the queer community and wanted to learn more about how LGBT culture in larger cities, such as Chicago, as I would like to live in a high energy, urban city when I start my career.

Evaluate the article
At first glance, the article is shorter than I was expecting. With Chicago being a city that has been around since the early to mid 1800s, and LGBT culture being such a broad and widespread topic, I anticipated a more comprehensive overview of how LGBT culture has evolved and rooted itself in the city, and also thought I would see more branching off of topics, due to the generality of this article basis. The historical facts are too spread out to be cohesive in a timeline format, starting with the 1920s, then jumping to the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, then dropping off before including any new information published within the last 40+ years. A well sourced article should have important content from a mirad of time periods, as the topic allows, and should not omit relevant historical facts. The article includes a decent list of sources and current businesses and locations relevant to the neighborhoods referenced, but the only subsection included is “politics” which is certainly an important aspect within LGBT culture everywhere, but not nessecarily specific to Chicago, so it should not be the only subsection included on an article specifically about the LGBT in Chicago. It seems as though there may be other subsections to help supplement this page. I would like to see subsections on things like drag, trans rights, and simply the current LGBT culture climate in Chicago as it is today in 2024, as opposed to the last reported content from 1980. The talk page has also not been utilized much, indicating that there are not a lot of wikipedians currently making edits and adding to the page. The talk page should be much more of a collaborative space, as that is how great wikipedia articles come to fruition.