User:Kaylieann42/Evaluate an Article

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Arman

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because In class we are studying contemporary art. I myself, emphasize in painting so I further researched contemporary artists that also emphasize in painting. As far as I know, this is giving a brief or detailed biography of Armans work and life.

Evaluate the article
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The first sentence is simple yet beautiful. It’s straight to the point, letting me know that Armin was a French- born American artist, along with date of birth/death. The lead includes a perfect brief description of the rest of the articles major sections, letting us know he is a painter, what media he used, how he used it, and what works he is best known for. The lead is also very concise and is not overly detailed.

The article's content is very relevant to the topic while not being overwhelming. It is very organized so the viewer or reader does not HAVE to read everything in order to get the information they are looking for. Mentions his early life/career/education, Inspirations, evolution of work, relationship between Armin and Warhol, and personal life. I can see that it was last edited in January of 2022 so I know it is up to date. It also includes relevant and real information that is all mostly cited. To make the article even stronger I would suggest to go back to those two spots and provide further citations.

The article is neutral, simply giving facts about Armin and his life. Everything is short, to the point, and factual. The article does a great job at giving information without personal input or opinions.

All of the facts in the article are backed up by reliable secondary sources of information, including citations and links, although there are a few sections where citation is needed. The sources available are current and reliable. In fact one of the links is a link to Arman's direct artist page. I wouldn’t necessarily say that there are better sources available, the ones provided make perfect sense. I also checked most of the links and they all work and really enjoyed looking through Arman's official artist page.

The article is well written and very easy to read. The article is broken up into sections, with each section labeled in bold to let the viewer know what each section of the article is about. For example if I just want to know about Arman and Warhol's interaction or interactions, I would simply scroll through the article until I found “Arman and Warhol” in a larger and bolder font. All sections reflect on Arman and give good/value information on who and what he did in his lifetime without becoming disorganized.

The article also includes up to date and older images to enhance the understanding of the topic, along with captioning the images as well. All of the images are also cited and provide extra links on some of them as well. The placing of the images also was done well, in reflection, making the article easy to navigate and read without being distracting.

Looking at the Talk page I can see that this page has been edited since 2006. Not A LOT of editing has been done since there is such a big time frame, but there were a lot of important edits that have definitely contributed to making this article well made. One paragraph was moved due to plagiarism, a few sections were edited with a bit better grammar or organization. Along with better/more clear photos and a few more external links. I think having this talk page is very important because without it this article would not have been as well written due to the editing that has been done by outsiders other than the original author.

Overall the original author did not do a bad job but it was obvious through the talk page  that editing needed to be made. The few edits made were very valuable in making this article as good as it is now. The article feels complete and strong. There are probably a few further  things that need to be edited, but coming from someone like me, I don’t find the necessity to  change anything further.