User:JadeCloud/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(African-American Art)

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.)

I chose this article to evaluate because it is a broad overview of African American art which is directly connected to what the class is about. Initial impressions of the article include the message at the top indicating that the article needs additional citations for verification, it has a good number of references, and seems to be a good amount of information and images.

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.)

There are some places where citations can be provided as indicated in the article, some references could come from better sources instead of websites like ThoughtCo, and some links to other Wikipedia pages on art mediums/genres and notable figures could be linked. The lead provides a slightly different overview of the topic that doesn't naturally follow the way the article itself is structured (i.e the lead has a bit of a focus on what kind of art has been made by African Americans like extreme vs uncontroversial art while the article is structured in a chronological order from early African American art to contemporary African American art). I think that if the article is following a kind of chronological timeline, then the images available should also be in chronological order. Overall, the article is pretty developed and has a good amount of sources to give anyone reading it an introduction to African American art.