User:Gwood3710/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_science

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because it is one that is both personal and familiar to me. As an Indigenous person in the western scientific field who practises Indigenous Science, I can see it's use and meaning to a wider population by incorporating a holistic approach rather than the common reductionist approach western science takes. The current Indigenous science page is very limited and lacks appropriate language to help understand what it is such as words like Bridging, Braiding, and Weaving which are commonly used to identify knowledge transfers by Indigenous academics with Western academics.

Evaluate the article
the lead section contains an introductory sentence but does not elaborate past that leaving a lack of understanding past the proposed definition of what Indigenous science actually is. there is nothing else added to this.

the articles content is relevant, but does not cover nearly enough of the spectrum of what it is. according to the last edit date (feb 1st 2023) it is "up to date" but the information it contains is not up to date. the information it contains is relevant but not in depth to warrant a full understanding of what the author is trying to get across. this article does deal with underrepresented populations which is why it should be carefully reconstructed. the article is neutral in view but there is so little information that a view could not even be created. However, there is no mention discussing this as a minority view point and instead references "folk science" which would discredit Indigenous science as an actual science.

all facts are backed up with sources, however, I would argue that these sources do not add any contribution to the points the author brings up as they are essentially just creating a list of studies they found and not elaborating further. they only reference 5 Indigenous scholars when there are in fact hundreds. this however should not be on display since you wouldn't make a list of every western scientist on the western science page.

the writing is clear, but insufficient.

there are no images included.

the talk page is limited to one interaction where someone requested a source be taken down due to it not being reliable source material for this content.

overall, this is a page that desperately needs updating by someone who is familiar with the processes of Indigenous science. every aspect of this article needs to be improved by including appropriate language, updated sections, elaboration on topics, visual examples, deletion of some sections, and a more overall organized approach.