User:Korecob/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Janet Abbate

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
My assigned article is about Anupam Chander but he does not have an article about him. Janet Abbate, similarly to Chander, is a University professor and writes scholarly material and we have a reading by both of them in Technology & Culture.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

This lead section is very short since it is only 1 sentence. However, it does provide a concise overview of the short Wikipedia article. The sentence mentions both Abbate's academic career and research, which are the two other sections within the article.Content

While this article's content is relevant to the topic and fills some content gaps about women in programming, I think it could include more. According to the retrieved date on most of the citations, the last time this article was edited was in 2015. Information on Janet Abbate may need to be updated, like if she still is an associate professor at Virginia Tech, if any of her research has received awards in the past 6 years, or if she had written any more research articles. Content that may be missing is a portion highlighting articles her work has been referenced in. From a quick search, I found that her works have been referenced by notable organizations like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others.

Tone and Balance

This article is a neutral biography of Janet Abbate's academic career and research.

Sources and References

Most of the links seem to work and are from 2015 and before. However, I'm unsure if there is any new reputable content putting out new information about Abbate in the last 5 years. The references also seem to be reliable sources.

Organization and Writing Quality

This wikipedia article is organized in a way that makes sense and the writing quality is non-biased and concise.

Images and Media

There are no images or media on the page,

Talk Page Discussion

There is one comment on the talk page questioning a possibly biased written entry.

Overall Impressions

This wikipedia article about Janet Abbate is concise, non-bias and gives a general overview of Abbate's work. My only critique is that it should be longer, maybe giving summaries of Abbate's most popular works or recent article references

Ideas for my own article

This wikipedia article gave me inspiration for what and what not to do for my own wikipedia article about Anupam Chander. From this article, i want to write concisely and factually, using good sources. However, I'd like to make mine a bit longer and maybe elaborating more on what his professional work is about. If i can find a source that talks somewhat about his personal life, I'd like to add that too. I would also look for an image of him in the public domain and add that as well.