User:KimleeGalak/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating an article about the american architect Denise Scott Brown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Scott_Brown

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
As I was looking through the Academic Disciplines category section of Wikipedia, I believed that it would have been important to evaluate an article about women architects/designers as it is a topic relevant to this class. I took interest in learning more about Denise Scott Brown and her work as she was one of the few women listed under the architectural theoretician category. I was initally surprised by the amount of information that I discovered, considering that I expected the article to be less extensive. I was particularly pleased to find out that she has worked on a number of architectural projects and that a great amount of them were referenced in the article.

Evaluate the article
I believe that the lead section is well written, as we can get a concise overview of the architect’s life and it touches most of the article's key points. However, the lead section does not discuss Denise Scott Brown's struggle to be recognized as a woman architect and her effort in fighting against that matter. I believe that some words should be included in the lead section, as there is a lot of information in the article that speaks of her fight against sexism in the industry through the writing of her essay "Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture" (1989).

The content of the article is thorough, relevant and grammatically correct. On the other side, I found some information in the text to be disorganized. For example, the academic career section of the article discusses her second marriage, and I believe that any information concerning her love life should be included in her biography. While it makes sense to draw attention to her marriage since she met her spouse while teaching, misplacing the information makes the paragraph confusing.

The article is presented in a neutral tone, and is followed by scholarly sources to back up the information. Most of the sources links are still functional, although, two of the links seem to be redirecting us to the website’s homepage instead of the source itself. I also discovered that two sources were referencing newspapers such as the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, which are mainstream sources of news, and not ideal for Wikipedia.

The images presented in this article are well-captioned. Yet, none of her work seemed to have been documented through photos. When we look at her husband's Wikipedia page, we see a lot of media that shows off his architectural works. I believe the same should be done for her article in order to give it more depth and context to the reader.

When it comes to the article's history, several users have contributed to its development, with the most recent edit occurring in July, 2023. The talk page, on the other hand, does not appear to be as active. The major topic of discussion on the talk page is the modification of external links.

Finally, when compared to other Wikipedia entries, the article is rather brief, yet her biography, architecture projects, and award list appear to be well-documented and developed. However, the structure of the sections and the reliability of the source links in the article could be improved. The article would benefit from the insertion of numerous photos that support her work and a paragraph in the lead section that specifies her aim as a writer; writing to combat gender inequities in the architecture business.