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 * Name of article: Frida Alexandr
 * I have chosen to evaluate this article because it is very short and doesn't seem to have a lot of information on it.

Lead
Yes, the lead does include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the articles topic. You can tell right from the first sentence that Frida Alexandr was a Brazilian Jewish homemaker, volunteer, and author. The lead includes a brief description of the articles major sections because there is only two major sections, so covering those in the Lead isn't hard. All of the information in the Lead is present in the article. The Lead is very concise, short, and to the point.

Content
Yes the article's content is relevant to the topic. They speak about her life in her biography and her published book "Filipson", which are both very relevant to her. The content seems up-to-date and there is not content that doesn't belong. I would say that there is not a lot or enough information on this author.

Tone and Balance
When reading through the article the tone is neutral and the claims that are made aren't biased toward a particular person, the claims are all backed up with citations from sources. The viewpoint on her life growing up is underrepresented because the article didn't go into it much. The article doesn't attempt to persuade the reader in favor of a certain position or away from a certain position.

Sources and References
All of the facts presented within this article are backed up by sources, because after each fact a source was cited. The sources seem to be thorough and reflect available literature on the topic. . The sources are not current. The oldest source dating in 1984 and the more current dating in 2008. When checking a few links I found that they do work.

Organization
I feel that the article is well written because it is easy to read and to the point. The article didn't have any grammatical errors and the article is well-organized, breaking down the sections in order of which they were mentioned in the Lead. The article does reflect the main points of the topic that were addressed in the Lead.

Images and Media
The article includes no images, at all. I think that this is the main downfall of this article. Since there are no images of Frida Alexandr there is no way for readers to know what she looked like. This article is very visually unappealing because it is all words that speak about this woman, but no pictures of her or her work that will help relate information. Inserting a picture with this woman's article would help improve the quality of this article greatly.

Checking the talk page
There really aren't much conversations that are happening in the talk page. The talk page just address to be kind while editing others information and that an image would improve the quality of this article. This article is part of multiple WikiProjects; WikiProject Biography/Arts and Entertainment, WikiProject Brazil, WikiProject Judaism, and WikiProject Women writers. There isn't really much discussion of the topic so it is hard to relate it to class, but I guess I could say that it differs in a way that I didn't know that not having an image can make so much of a difference in an article.

Overall impressions
Overall, the status of this article isn't as bad as I believed it would be. The articles strengths are is tone and balance, the Lead, and how concise the article was. All of the information was to the point and not drawn out. No biases were displayed in the article. I would say that in order to improve this article would be to provide images, of her, her work, or her family. The article comes off to me as well-developed with just a couple things that need to be worked out. There is a good base of information that is backed up, but maybe even more information can be found on her.

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