User:Flannel Tea Girl/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Asian American Feminist Collective

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I used this article to provide context as I read the group's Building an Asian American Feminist Movement: A Manifesto. I looked for an article about the manifesto itself, but none existed, so I looked for information on the group instead. The Wikipedia page for this group is incredibly brief and could include much more information easily found on the Asian American Feminist Collective's website.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section for this Wikipedia article does a good job of introducing the topic. It gives a brief summary of the AAFC's mission and a small peak into their history, which is appropriate because the section on History delves deeper. However, the introduction also mentions the organizations three published zines, which are not present in any other part of the article and could easily have their own sections - if not their own articles.

Content

The information included in the article is up-to-date and relevant, but it lacks information on more recent projects the organization has done. The entire article is helping to bridge the article gap because of the topic, but it could do a better job of linking to related topics, including a few listed on the Asian American Feminism category.

Tone and Balance

The tone of the article itself is neutral and unbiased. There are no attempts at persuasion. There are not many details given on the specific views of the organization, which could be interpreted as misleading, but reads more as the article being incomplete.

Sources and References

When I first read this article, there was at least one very near-quote to the organizations' literature, without even a citation. I corrected this because I knew exactly where the almost-quote had come from. That being said, I am not confident there are not other instances of this that I am simply unaware of. The references included work, though the published zines from the Collective could be better-utilized. There are a decent amount of external sources; that is, sources not published by the AAFC itself.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is well-written and lacks grammatical errors, but the sections are not the most effective. There are only four sections: lead section, history, current leadership, and references. There could so easily be sections on the Collective's zines, their viewpoints, and their ongoing projects.

Images and Media

The article includes no images or media. It could include the covers of their zines or images taken from their website, but it does not.

Talk Page Discussion

There are no discussions on the talk page. The article is part of WikiProject Feminism and is rated "Start-class" and "Low-importance".

Overall Impression

This article is underdeveloped, but could easily be improved by adding sections for the Collective's zines, viewpoints, and ongoing projects. It does a good job of concisely and directly explaining the organization's goals, but does not meaningfully expand beyond that.