User:Gatsbypup/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Dress history

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am interested in fashion-- it's one of my hobbies. I also like wearing dresses, so I felt like knowing how dresses evolved would be interesting.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section:

I think that the first paragraph of the article mainly explains why you should be interested in dress history more than a simple overview. It may not be "persuasive" per sé, but I had this impression because of the fluffy words such as "captivating." It reads more like a start of an essay than a wikipedia article. However, the second and third paragraph do a great job in providing a brief overview of the topic and it is concise.

Content:

The content of this article seems not up-to-date and just focused on how people approached dress history research rather than providing examples of how dresses were made or the dress styles. Though relevant, I think that it could be shortened into even more brief overviews that also includes more modern ways of researching.

Tone and Balance:

In general, I think the article is neutral except for some examples such as Princess Alexandra of Denmark's dress-- it seems that the analysis of the dress is more so praising the work rather than simply stating facts.

Sources and References:

Most of the facts are backed up by reliable sources and around half of the references are well-diverse. However, there are many sources that are consistently from places in New York or London, which I understand are big cities in the fashion industry, but the diversity there could be improved. In addition, some facts need to be cited.

Organization and writing quality:

It is fairly concise and easy to read. There were no grammatical errors (at least to my knowledge) and it's a little difficult to evaluate whether it was well organized since there is only really one main section, but for that one section, I think that it was well-organized and provided good examples.

Images and Media:

There are helpful images that help readers visualize dresses. The images are well captioned and follow Wikipedia's copyright regulations since they are public domain.

Talk page discussion:

The article is rated as C-class and there are somewhat recent conversations about the topic. There's one evaluation that talks about the "hooky" statement at the start of the article, which is also what I wrote down for my evaluation. It is part of the fashion, history, and textile arts WikiProjects.

Overall impression:

I think that the article is underdeveloped in the sense of broadness on the topic, but when it comes to depth, I think the article is doing well so far. There are definitely more improvements to come with this article such as citations and more general dress history, but I think the detail is pretty good on the topics on the wikipedia page right now.