User:KLWan80/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Afrofuturism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this because it's a main theme of what we're discussing in our class and I was interested to find out more.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is strong, with a good definition and plenty of links to bring further understanding to terms the reader may not be sure about. It does not mention any of the articles major sections, but it is fairly concise and explains what Afrofuturism is and gives several examples. As far as I can tell, the article is neutral in tone and up to date. It addresses a population of underrepresented people and a not-well-known topic. The tone seems to be neutral and doesn't work to sway the reader to believing in any particular way, it just informs on the topic. All of the footnotes I checked linked to sources from a diverse variety of authors, and content is current. The article is well-written and organized, broken down into different sections that help to explain different points on the subject. The article contains only five pieces of art or photographs that give a visual explanation of the topics. Each photo is well captioned and placed in the appropriate place. I believe more photos are needed to truly capture the essence of Afrofuturism. In the talkpage discussion, they are saying that more photos are needed, but emphasize they need to follow Wikipedia's rules. They suggest to discuss the photos on the talk page first before adding them to the article. There's also a question (asked and answered) about why Samuel R. Delany is included in the article. The article is labeled as "start class," which means that "it's developing but still quite incomplete. It has some meaningful content, but more readers will need more." It has been part of a few Wiki Education Foundation assignments, and is "of interest" to two WikiProjects. The article mentions several of the things we've talked about in class, (incl. Mark Dery's essay "Black to the Future", Janelle Monae and her alter-ego Cindi Mayweather, and Octavia Butler's novels.) The articles biggest strength is that it pulls from so many sources to explain the concept, but one of the biggest weaknesses is that some parts of it are hard to understand. It can be rewritten in somewhat simpler terms. The article can be improved by including more photos and going into greater depth about the people who are championing this movement.