User:Jennaraz/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gender studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because studying gender informs how we evaluate it in other academic contexts, such as the law and policy. It matters because issues regarding gender appear at the crossroads of many other intersectional topics, such as race, class, disability, etc. My preliminary impression of the article is that it gives an overview of gender studies as a whole, and also provided information regarding the way it interacts with various other disciplines. It appeared as though the information it contained was good quality, but it was not at all exhaustive.

Evaluate the article
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This article seems to contain information relevant to the topic of gender studies. I did not notice anything in the article to be strikingly out of date. However, most of the references seemed to be from a few years ago, and the article would benefit from the addition of some more recent information coming up from the field, especially in a topic that evolves as quickly as gender studies. In terms of equity, it seems as though the majority of the authors whose influence is cited are white, which fails to represent that women/people of color have been an incredibly crucial part of the development of this area of study. Additionally, the international references seemed to not include information about gender studies in the global south. Both South America and Africa are continents full of different people with different experiences, and gender studies has likely been relevant in many of those countries. I think that the overall tone is neutral. It presents a description of the topic with great detail, while refraining from making any statements of opinion. Additionally, it enhances its neutrality by providing a section on criticisms of the study. The sources seem to be relevant, with working links that supports the claims from the article. Many of the citations seem to be from universities or from academic journals, which are reliable sources of information, but there is a great variance in source type. On the Talk page, there is an entry echoing my criticism that it fails to include much discussion of non white contributors and non-Western ideas. Generally, the consensus on the Talk page seems to think that the article feels sparse and incomplete, which I would agree with. In general, it has decent bones but could use more thorough information to give its reader a more complete idea of gender studies.