User:Instantnori/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

When I initially opened this Wikipedia article, I was surprised to see the lack of substantial information. While the article did mention prejudice towards Asian actors as well as the term 'yellowface', I was disappointed to find that the Wikipedia did not explore Asian-American disapproval towards how East Asian people were portrayed in film and theater.

I believe this is important because Asian-Americans have been expressing their discontent for decades. When a large site such as Wikipedia does not address these issues, it is ignoring the voices of an entire community.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

This article is definitely below-average in terms of quality of content and structural layout. The lead section does not include an introductory sentence that concisely summarizes all that the article discusses. It also defines the term 'yellowface', yet this word is not completely dissected or addressed in later sections.

While the article's content is somewhat related to the chosen topic, it describes Asian individuals' work in American movies disproportionately, placing more weight on their acting roles and less emphasis on the overall portrayal of the characters that these actors played.

The article does a good job of using hyperlinks, but many of the topics that it brings up should be fleshed out more deeply. The article's main sections are all structured in an ineffective manner.

Finally, there are no visualizations to be found. I firmly believe that images would strongly add to the context of this Wikipedia page, and their use should be leveraged in order to place the most information on the page.