User:Irina.voz/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
LGBT culture(Provide a link to the article here.)

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.)

To learn more about LGBT culture and subcultures. Its important for everyone to learn about this.

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.)

Lead Section

The section talks about an overview of LGBT culture, it goes on to provide subsections within the LGBTQ community. The lead is not overly detailed but provides a vague structure of the topic.

Content

The content seems up to date for the most part and does provide sections about historical events in addition to prominent figures in the community. I personally could not find anything that wouldn’t fit into the article. Every member in the LGBTQ community was addressed and event went on to talk about the injustice and prejudice people in this community go through. But I did notice that bisexual culture section was the shortest. I have noticed that intersex in not mentioned in the article.

Tone and Balance

It appears that there is some bias one was or another because and the article provides minimal facts and information. Minority infringement are mentioned again as facts and not opinion. From my understanding there is no direct form of persuasion in the article.

Sources and References

The most recent article’s date was from 2017 which is close to being up to date but recently there have been more sources that provide more current and accurate information not mentioned in this article.

Organization and Writing

The article is well written in the sense or organization and easy to read. The sections are broken down in what seems to be a proper manner and I have not noticed any grammatical errors so far.

Images and Media

The article does include media/ pictures that coincide with all the sections like certain flags that go with the subsections in the LGBTQ community.

Talk Page Discussion

On the talk page there are more criticism regarding the article than I had personally noticed which is a good learning experience. Some stated that the article is in fact bias and filled with cliches. Another person stated that it is poorly written and as I previously stated the term intersectionality is not mentioned. There are more negative remarks regarding the overall message of this article. It says this article was a part of a “Wiki Education Foundation-Supported course assignment” and its rated C class.

Overall Impressions

I think for overall status tis article can be a good jumping off or starting point. The strengths are that it does go into multiple subsections about the community but lacks the understanding. It seems like is a generalization and stereotypes of what people are supposed to do or look like in the LGBTQ community.