User:Gailelliott/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Kathryn Janeway

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because I am a huge fan of this character and television series. I have been watching Star Trek since I was a little kid and have loved it since then. Kathryn Janeway has always been one of my favorite characters in the Star Trek universe. She is a powerful woman who goes by her own agenda while still adhering to her beliefs like glue. Seeing a woman portray such a strong, yet fair and kind character in Star Trek: Voyager was a huge influence on me. Living in a world that is dominated by men in high positions, it is refreshing (even though it is fictional) to see a woman in a position of power and uses that power for only good. This matters to me because I consider her to be a fantastic role model to children and adults (no matter the gender) whom anybody can learn a valuable lesson from. My preliminary impression of this article is that it will focus on the background of the character and stick to what is canon within the series.

Evaluate the article
Overall, the article does an adequate job at covering the subject that is Kathryn Janeway. However, there are several problems that can be noted within the article. The article starts off well with the lead section as it provides enough information to briefly cover the subject as a whole. It covers most of the articles main sections without going super into detail with descriptions. The content balance of the article seems to be slightly off, however. While things are up to date with most recent updates into the current year (2021), there seems to be a heavy focus on the Non-Canon portion of the article. This section is just as long as the Canon section which does not make much sense. This seems like a heavy reliance on something that is debated and not-necessarily a true fact. The article does an alright job of staying neutral, but the author's tone in some parts come across vividly. In the section of casting, it says a line that suggests a wide amount of pressure. This statement feels like a personal assessment of the situation when the casting of the character was being debated. The overall tone of the article, however, seemed to have a gender bias towards women. There seems to be a wide array of sources used, however I did come upon a link to a source that brought me to another wikipedia page which is not a good sign. Some of the sources used are opinion pieces about the character that do not necessarily bring good information. The article does seem to have moderately good organization and grammar. The images used in this only show one picture of the main image of the character. The other two images are of a woman who played the character for two days and of an astronaut cosplaying as Janeway. This does not feel as important to the article as more pictures detailing the actual character would be. The Talk page seems to consist mainly of angry Star Trek fans trying to point of every inconsistancy in this article concerning Janeway. The article seems to be a part of three Wikiprojects. The article has it's strength in the concrete facts but falls short of other very important aspects like leaving out tone and using reliable sources, for example. This article could be greatly improved by looking at it again from an unbiased point of view and constant fact checking.