User:Laurdurham/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) John Legend

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 to edit this article because John Legend is extremely well-known and he grew up in the Dayton area. Because he is so well-known and constantly in the public eye, I was curious to see how up-to-date his article would be. Additionally, I was curious how much the article would include about his family and personal life since that is also so public.

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.)

Overall, I thought that the article was very detailed and well-organized. It looks like there isn't a ton of editing activity going on, but the most recent edits on the Talk page are from December 2020. Here are my takeaways from each key section...

Lead: It seemed like there was a lot of focus on his early career highlights, which while important, I felt like the highlights wouldn't have included some of the awards or achievements listed.

Content: I especially liked the charts at the end that detailed all of the albums, performances, films, etc. that John Legend has participated in. There are, however, a few things I would add.

Tone and Balance: The tone of the article seemed to be neutral. Like I stated before, I would recognize his political activism and awareness about current issues. This would need to be presented in a nonpartisan way, of course.
 * 1) More information about philanthropy: Legend has been a strong advocate for reform and racial reckoning in the past two years. He and his wife were very outspoken before and after the 2020 presidential election, and the couple partnered with a lot of social justice and advocacy groups.
 * 2) Social media links/information: Legend is also very active on social media. A mention of this or specific links to his accounts could be useful. (Is that allowed on Wikipedia?)

Sources and References: The links to the sources seem to be working. It seems like there are a lot of news/pop culture articles cited, but this might be necessary since he is a musician and celebrity figure.

Organization and writing quality: I liked the organization of the article. The headings made sense and followed a chronological order. I don't think I would really change anything here.

Images and Media: There is definitely room for improvement with the images. There are only three pictures that are not the best quality, and they are all fairly similar (Legend performing). I did really like the how there were links to all of his projects in the charts at the end.

Talk page discussion: It was nice to see that people were updating outdated links on the Talk page. I didn't appreciate someone's comment about Legend's race.

Overall impressions: I think the article is fairly well developed. Adding some more up-to-date images and information would help make it even stronger. Because of what it's lacking, the article seems slightly unfinished.