User:Jumanaabdelgadir/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Brazilian literature

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
My research outside of GPP focuses on Brazil, and I thought that evaluating a C-Class article would prove to be more informative. I am also a fan of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

- There is a strong, descriptive introductory sentence.

- There is not an outline of the article's sections in the introduction.

- Introduction is concise and does not feature information not present in the article.

Content

- Relevant and up-to-date

- Information is mostly present, but the section on the contemporary era of Brazilian Literature is lacking.

- No information on the disparities the literature of marginalized Brazilians face. Only briefly addressing the colonial-period, but no mention of any historical marginalization.

Tone and Balance

- Neutral article with no clear bias or viewpoints expressed, only objective information about literature.

- Article not meant to persuade, just inform.

Sources and References

- Information is backed up, but not always by a secondary/supporting piece.

- Very few references listed.

- Other Wikipedia articles are used primarily as a citation for information.

- Should feature more peer-reviewed literature and scholarly articles as basis.

- Links that are blue work and take you to other related wikipedia articles. Red links do not, and there are more than a few.

Organization and Writing Quality

- Minor grammatical and punctuation mistakes apparent.

- It is a clear and concise read.

- Well organized article, and flows in an way that reflects the real world timeline.

Images and Media

- Lots of images of authors.

- Captions are basic.

- Image of "colonial Brazil" is a bit out of place and senseless.

- Format is aesthetically pleasing.

Talk page discussion

- Major discussion on the addition of a "Paulo Coelho" section, and much biased and opinionated discussion is going on.

- Problems of the article are clearly listed in a section.

- There are questions being posed on the addition of articles and citations.

- Article is C-class.

Overall Impressions

- Overall status: definitely a work-in-progress, but coming together and passes for an informative article.

- Strength: objectivity of facts presented in article, and formatting of images.

- Improvements: citations and references and use of peer-reviewed, academic literature.

- Article is a bit underdeveloped, but is not at all "poor".