User:Guancong lance li/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bing Xin

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Bing Xin's articles often appear in Chinese textbooks for elementary, middle, and high schools in China. She is a Chinese female writer well known to Chinese students. I read Bing Xin's The First Dinner Party this week, and I was very touched. I chose this article because I wanted to see how this famous author is introduced in languages other than Chinese. My first impression of this article is not bad because the article presents Bing Xin's life and main works very well, and people can quickly understand her in a short time. But it seems that Bing Xin's works list is too brief.

Evaluate the article
Overall, this article is a good introduction to Bingxin, but there are still some points for improvement.

The lead section is quite good. The introductory sentence states the article topic concisely and accurately in single sentence. The article's first two paragraphs introduce Bing Xin's occupation, social position, representative works, and brief biography. They summarize all major points in the article. In addition, the first two paragraphs also mentioned that Bing Xin is the pseudonym of Xie Wanying. Bingxin means ice heart in Chinese, which means pure and kind. This detail might make the lead section a bit redundant, but I feel it's okay because it can pique the reader's interest so they can read on.

The most important part of the article is Bing Xin's life. This part is written according to the timeline, and the structure is clear. However, apart from Bing Xin's life, the article briefly introduces her works and social activities, resulting in an unbalanced article layout. By contrast, the Bing Xin homepage on Baidu Encyclopedia lists almost all of her works and translations in detail. The tone is neutral and appropriate for an encyclopedia audience at any age.

In the upper right of the article, the editor added a gorgeous photo of Bing Xin when she was young, which I think is very good. But in addition, there is only one photo of Bing Xin's former residence. It is better to use the image of Bing Xin in social activities or lectures, which will be more vivid and fit the topic.

In terms of sources and references, this article is doing well. I tried some links of citation, they work. Further reading links and strongly related external links are also provided at the bottom of the page so that the audience can learn more about Bing Xin. But the format of references is not completely uniform. In addition, some hearsays lack citations in the article, such as Bing Xin finished reading Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms at the age of 7. This page was last edited on 15 December 2021, which means that it is still a relatively active page and is frequently visited, which is a good sign.