User:Jessicashoey/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Anti-rape movement

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because it relates to my coursework (feminism), and I find it interesting. This article matters because it talks about a very important movement that tackles an issue that impacts millions of women every day. My preliminary impression of it is that it has a decent structure, starting with a basic summary of the movement and then delving into the history of the movement year-by-year. Although, the actual content is too long and not exactly on point. The article can be cut down quite a bit and use some revising when it comes to the information presented and how it’s presented.

Evaluate the article

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The article’s introductory paragraph is useful in some ways but it’s also lacking sources and important citing from other authors. It’s very vague and general and doesn’t go into specifics when describing the movement. The content seems to be up to date and specific, however, the information just seems very randomly spread out. There are a lot of filler sentences that either need to be removed or made into their own section of the article. The article does follow a seemingly neutral point of view, however, it could definitely use more variety in writers to provide a non-biased analysis of the movement. There are a couple of citations that have to be added/fixed throughout the article. The organization is relatively helpful for readers as it’s sectioned off in ways that makes the information easy to find. However, it’s not written like a typical Wikipedia article, which is fine but considering it was posted on the website it should probably follow typical Wikipedia standards. There was only one image throughout the article and it wasn’t extremely helpful or necessary. The Talk section heavily criticizes the article, giving several suggestions of what to take out as well as what to add. The article is of interest of several WikiProjects such as: Sexology and sexuality, human rights, sociology, politics, women’s history, feminism, and United States.