User:Keithsea/Evaluate an Article

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Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

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This is an article of an important actor during the French Revolution that I find interesting. The article itself seems to cover a decent amount about Sieyès there are some clear gaps in its descriptions.

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 * With the current amount of information within the article the lead section does a good job of concisely summarizing the article. However the last sentence seems out of place. It is only 1 sentence completely separated from the rest of the paragraph of appears with little context. So maybe it can be included within the main paragraph and include a little about Sieyès role within the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of the Institute of France.
 * Most of the article seems to come from two sources Van Deusen's Sieyès: his life and his nationalism, and William H. Sewell Jr.'s A Rhetoric of Bourgeois Revolution: The Abbé Sieyès and What is the Third Estate? The first being published in 1968 and the second in 1994. I was wondering if there were any other sources that could be included to expand the viewpoints present.
 * There is little information about him during the Reign of Terror including how he was in the Committee of Public Safety for 6 months.
 * The article at certain points just states facts with little explanation or context, for example in the "Napoleonic era and final years" section it talks about a few things he did without explaining much of anything.
 * The Directory section of the article seems to be out of place. Before it there is a section that combines Sieyès actions with the "Assemblies, Convention, and the Terror" into one section, and then his actions in Napoleons coup into another. Leaving the Directory section by itself. Either I think that section could either be expanded with more information. Or split up into one part going into the "Assemblies, Convention, and the Terror" with that part focusing on his entrance into the Directory. Then the other part about his plotting into the section about Napoleon coup.
 * The section "Contribution to social sciences" doesn't explain the role "Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of the Institute of France," or really what Sieyès did within the body. Furthermore it doesn't really say anything about what he said about social sciences only that he coined a term. I feel like both of the aspects could be expanded upon.
 * There are only 3 pictures in the article. All being pictures of Sieyès. A few more could be added, maybe some of his literary works or of governmental bodies he participated in. The first 2 pictures both gives the artist who created them, but the third does not.
 * The article does a good job of being neutral and largely sticks to just presenting facts.
 * There is active development in the article as seen through the history page, but the last thing posted in the talk page is from 2017.
 * This article is in 5 WikiProjects including Biography: Politics and Government, Politics, Christianity, Catholicism, and France. It also has been listed as a level-5 vital article in People, Social scientists.
 * I think overall this article so far is decently done. With the style of writing being concise and without bias. The information gives a nice overview of Sieyès but I think could do with a little more about him and maybe a little bit more for the context of the period. So I think the article has a nice basis so far but just needs some expansion. Keithsea (talk) 22:29, 28 October 2023 (UTC)