User:Jlower2/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gender Studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Gender Studies relates to a course I am taking and I wanted to learn more about the broad topic before taking the course. This article is a great place to find the history and theories surrounding gender, as well as the critiques society gives. The article upon first glimpse looks very informative and organized. It has plenty of citations and links to other articles, with a good introduction to the topic.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of this article is a good introduction to the topic. The first sentence gives an explanation of what Gender Studies is, and why it has become an important topic for people to be aware of. It touches on everything discussed in the article while not going into too much detail. It introduces some of the individuals who are later quoted in the article.

The content of this article stays focused on what was introduced with the lead section, and it explains each topic well. There were equity gaps in two locations, where these two spots had significantly less information than those surrounding it. The literary theory section and the women's studies both reflected this problem.

This article is written from a neutral tone, and all the writing is just stating the information rather than only presenting biased information.

There are a few sources through out the article that are not complete. One says "[unreliable source?]", and another says "[clarification needed]". These sources need to be double checked, or the information from them needs to be confirmed through other sources.

The writing is professional, however there are a couple points where some of the punctuation for the quotations needs to be edited. There is one picture that has a good caption, and it relates directly to the text next to it. It demonstrates the point of the criticism that was mentioned in the lead section.

The talk page brings up some interesting points, some of which have longer threads talking about them, others they only have one comment on them. There are productive conversations about certain topics that help to expand the article so that it is able to offer the most accurate information to the readers. This article is well written, and it is actively being updated with the new information.