User:Kosenrufu2030/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
William Grant Still

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.)

We were assigned this article for class.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The article has a good lead section; however, it needs to provide an overview of the major sections to be discussed in the article. Without the description, the lead section is pretty concise, and we get good introductory material.

The content is relevant to the topic as it gives background information on the composer's musical and family background and how they relate to each other. The content is relatively up-to-date; however, more information must be provided regarding his operas. There have been some recent productions of one of his underperformed operas, Highway 101, USA, and the article can include some of that information. I even commented on a resource that could be used to provide such information.

The article is pretty neutral. However, there was wiki-chatter regarding this, and those issues are addressed to keep the information neutral and unbiased. I did disagree with one of the viewpoints that said that race did not matter. In this case, it DOES matter, considering the struggles of making sure his works were performed. Composer Still did not get their due for a long time due to race matters, which is a fact, not a biased opinion. Navigating this can be a slippery slope.

Many sources are provided for the article, and many seem reliable and reflect an array of thorough material on the subject. There are sources ranging from the late 1990s to the current 2020s. Also, many of the links work.

The article is straightforward and professionally written, with few grammatical and spelling errors.

Unfortunately, only a few images are provided in this article, as there are only 3. I would speculate since many of the images are still under copyright law. One of the article's editors owns the picture of Still's residence.

This is a great article that does provide a lot of helpful information. There can be an expansion on some of his works and some of the struggles it took to get them performed. Again, providing this information can be misinterpreted as bias...Beyond that, there can also be information about who is publishing and performing his works now. Of course, one can always include more, but this article is complete, and it gives an overview of Still, and if one needs to find out more, one can use the resources provided at the bottom of the page.