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 * Name of article: (link) Women in India
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen to evaluate this article because I was looking through articles on gender studies and This one on Women in India came up. I don't know a lot about the history of Women in India and I hope this article will help me create a greater understanding on the topic.

Lead

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, it states how women's roles and how they are seen change over time and how they are overall inferior.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes, the lead mentions how over time Women in India face hardships within specific time periods. The articles sections are named after the time period or the specific hardship the women face. For example, Crimes Against Women, Pay Gap, Sexual Assualt, Independent India, ect.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? The lead touches on any aspects mentioned in the sections or sub sections. It is a shorter summary for the long article as a whole but it does a good job exploring what the article covers in terms of historical times, women's hardships, and how women appear in India now vs then.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is concise and touches on all aspects explored in the article without being overly detailed. It doesn't touch on one topic too much or too little or goes off the topic of the general view of Women in India.

Content
LOWELL MILL GIRLS EVALUATION:
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Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The articles content remains relevant to the topic. The article explores the life of the Lowell Mill Girls, the reasons for working in the mills, the living conditions, working conditions, working at a young age, and the overall culture of the Lowell Mill Girls and how they differed from the rest of society.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content does seem to be up to date with using a wide field of references ranging within the 2000's and all the way to 2018.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There does not seem to be content missing or that does not belong. All of the content seems relevant to explore the lives of the Lowell Mill Girls overtime.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? Yes, the article looks through the gaps of the girls and boys/ men in society, the working gaps, political gaps, and overall societal gaps. Overall, it is clear that the Lowell Mill Girls faced horrible working conditions and were treated unfairly and inferiorly compared to boys or men who had more opportunities.


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The articles content is relevant to the topic of Women in India. The article goes through the the British Rule to Independent India (now). Between all of the time periods it explains the hardships of what women faced during those times and what they face in the world today. The article also provides a timeline of India and what women faced during all those years. This helps understand how Women's roles in India changes over time.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content is up to date in accordance to 2018. There is no new information after that time.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? It seems like there could be more sections separating the time periods. The timeline provides brief descriptions of how Women in India changed over time but sections with elaboration could be helpful for more explanation. In the section for women in lower castes, the section is significantly smaller than the rest making me think there isn't much information given on the subject. There are also social opinion on women that seem to be very limited but they are also mentioned in other sections to show how men thought of women and how society thought of women. Lastly, there is not much on the witchcraft and women in India but that could also be more limited because most of the witchcraft we hear about comes from Salem.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? The article has sections such as Pay Gaps, Property Rights, Domestic gaps, Political gaps, and law gaps between men and women. It is clear that Women In India are inferior to men, have limited rights and opportunities, face violence at a higher rate or directly from men, and receive less education, jobs, and freedom as a whole. In independent India women now have more rights, equal or similar pay, and are treated more fairly.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? The article is neutral and provides views form men and women. It is focused on Women on India so it may seem biased but with the facts, statistics, and images it seems like it stays mainly neutral when explaining the disputes between men and women in India.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? With focusing on the gender gap between men and women it is hard not to see bias on the women's side but since it is backed with statistics it is clearly explained in a well, focused way to show how women's roles have changed over time.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Even though the article focuses on Women in India it does seem like there needs to be more mens points of view to show how men thought of women in India either now or in historical times.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? I did not read any section that favored a specific position. It did a great job sticking to educating readers on what women faced in India in British rule and in Independent India.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes, all facts are cited by other sources. At the end you can also see that there is a long line of references used for this article, telling me that it is reliable and this topic is well researched.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes the sources are thorough for each topic they correspond to.
 * Are the sources current? The sources are current. There are some that are older but those are also used for more of the historical times written in the article. The sources go all the way up to 2018.
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors and include historically marginalized individuals while being continuous on the topic of Women in India.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? The links do work and provide further and adequate evidence on the topic written about in the article.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? The article is very well written, neutral, easy to read and follow, and clear even when explaining harder concepts of gender gap between Indian men and women.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? I did not notice any spelling errors or grammatical errors while reading this article.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article is very well organized between the time periods and all of the topics such as wage gap, politics, jobs, education, rape, assault, violence, ect. All of the subjects also seem to be well researched and are lengthy give or take a few that did not seem to have too much research found on them.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? The article includes images for topics such as military, education, occupation, traditional work, culture, land, and maps of India to represent and show women's roles in each of these subjects. The maps show how India has changed over time as well.
 * Are images well-captioned? Images are well captioned and take us deeper into the context of the photo and how it relates to the subject and Women in India as a whole.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? The images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations by providing links to the sources that they came from.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? The images are laid out in an appealing way either before the writing of the subject or on the side. They don't take away or distract from what is being written.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? The conversations going on behind the scenes may be how men thought about Indian women besides what is researched and written. Other conversations may be how the Women viewed all the different topics and experiences as well.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This article is rated in the B-class from mid-importance to high-importance. This article was not used for wikiprojects but it was used for other course assignments.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We haven't touched specifically on India but I chose this article because it explains how gender roles of women in India have changed over time and we've been focused on women's gender roles in history. Wikipedia discusses this topic through time periods and mentions what women go through to change history and how they differ from mens social roles.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? I think overall the article is very well written and the topic is well researched. It helps readers become aware fo how women's roles were viewed and changed over the course of history.
 * What are the article's strengths? The articles strengths are the many references used, the images, and the timeline that was added to help further show in detail how women's roles have changed over time.
 * How can the article be improved? The article could be improved with more research and more writing within the sections. It could also use first hand views from women or men from India. I think this will add to the overall validity of the subject as well.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is well-developed. The only poorly developed parts are the sections that don't have too much information given. I believe if more research is conducted those could be filled in more over time. Overall I though this article was very thorough and informative about the evolution of Indian Woman and their roles over the course of history.

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