User:Gingersauce/Evaluate an Article

Evaluating the article: Gender studies - Wikipedia

Evaluating content:


 * In the introductory paragraph, I found the casual mention of deconstructionism without any explanation or further detail distracting and somewhat irrelevant.
 * Under "Development of Theory," the article discusses gender in Asia and Polynesia, but those are the only geographical areas with a separate section and discussion. This article would benefit from developing sections discussing Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, North and South America, etc. The "Literary Theory" is also underdeveloped and could use some expansion.
 * The article does not speak to underrepresented or minority groups at all. Additionally, there are no differentiations between different ethnic and cultural groups in the article's mention of the "women's liberation movement." As we know, this movement looked quite different between different racial and minority groups.
 * It really just needs to be developed out further.

Evaluating tone:


 * The tone of the article does appear to be neutral.
 * The number of views represented are minimal, but do appear to be given equal attention in the article.

Evaluating sources:


 * The links I checked in the references all work.
 * Several facts in the article are missing citations; however, someone else doing edits has pointed out several of these locations. Hopefully it will be updated soon.
 * There is a large diversity of sources, and there is a multitude of sources as well. What has been written does appear to be well-sourced.

Checking the talk page:


 * There are a number of conversations taking place around this article. There are suggestions to diversify the sources to be from more female, non-white authors and the need to contextualize claims being made within the article.
 * The article is rated C-class and is part of 3 wikiprojects.
 * This article emphasizes different psychological approaches to gender, while in class we emphasize the philosophical approach and the practical applications.