User:Karleeseek/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Burlesque in Harlem

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
We chose this article for multiple reasons. Because burlesque is not often seen in a black lens, the article is stub-start so it has room, and it would be interesting to evaluate the connection to film making and race.

Evaluate the article
Every single section leaves something to be desired. There is no substantial information on this topic besides for characters, actors and "plot". Breaking up the sections for Wikipedia

Lead Section: gives a one sentence synopsis of the film and actors in the time. Gives no context to why the film exists, why it was released three times, or reason for the constant name changes

Content: Dismal. Beyond the lead, the only content is the list of characters and actors. It is not relevant, up-to-date, or has even been edited much beyond initial post. All the content is the missing. The middle of the page details the plot, but it's no more than two sentences.

Tone and Balance: this article only portrays neutral due to the lack of information presented. There are no hard opinions or biases presented, and every single view point is underrepresented because there are no view points

Sourcing and Facts: for every fact presented, there is a credible source. However, sources are not thorough. A simple Google Scholar search pops up with multiple studies on this film under its multiple alias', it would be extremely easy to build upon this topic. All the links work and all the sources are sufficient for the details presented, but this research can be expanded exponentially.

Organization and writing quality: It details the bare-bone necessities for detailing a film; plot and characters. The content is clear and concise, but extremely dismal and one-dimensional. It basically says "this is a movie that was filmed at some point". I can only qualify writing quality to the level Wikipedia states as Start: with little detail and expansion. Very simple writing.

Images and Media: There are no images or media, even though this page is over a film

Talk pages: I was shocked to see there are no discussions at all on this page, especially for how expansive and inclusive Wikipedia is. This is a Stub-Class article, meaning that there are very little details on this subject and it could value from significant improvement. The WikiProject related to this article is over African Diaspora, which is extremely interesting.

Over all, this article has the entire room for improvement. This topic is something that should not have such little detail; this film is one that showcases a rarely talked about topic in the 1940s, black sexuality, so the work is vital.