User:Laurob04/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Gender representation in sports politics
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I do not know a lot about gender representations in sports politics but I am very interested in gender representation in other fields so I thought it would be interesting to learn more.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes there is an introductory sentence, whoever I did not find the wording very clear. It did introduce that it discusses differences in sports participation between women and men.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The Lead is not overly detailed, however, the wording could be more clear and I believe I found a typo.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes, the article content includes statistics on gender and sports leadership positions and a history of successes and failures towards equal representation in sports politics.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content is not outrageously outdated, however, there may be a more updated statistic on the percentage of women in sports leadership positions since 2007.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? All of the content belongs however there probably could be more content. For example, there may be an updated statistic on the percentage of women in sports leadership positions since 2007. The article could also discuss changes in this trend, if there are statistics from before 2007. Additionally, a statistic on how many women participated in the 2010 World Cup and information on what their roles were compared to men's would be helpful. Lastly, when they discuss the pay gap in sports I think it would be useful to share examples of pay differences in sports teams.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? The article discusses a gap in gender representation in sports politics, so it addresses a topic that relates to women being historically underrepresented.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? No, the article is overall not neutral because it states opinions on successes and failures and value statements like "major role".
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article states that the Equal Pay Act of 1963 failed to address the gender pay gap in sports. The article also states that women did not play major roles in the 2010 World Cup without mentioning the roles of men, only the roles of women.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The viewpoint that women are underrepresented in sports is overrepresented, however, this is based off of the statistics shared.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? The article convinces the reader that women are underrepresented in sports, however, there may not be data showing that women are adequately represented in sports.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? No, the citations are all at the end of the paragraph and I think it would be more clear to cite throughout the paragraph, especially the facts about the 2010 World Cup. It is unclear where the source for that fact is from.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? There are only 5 sources on the topic, I think this is too little to reflect the available literature.
 * Are the sources current? Yes the sources are current, the least recent is from 2010.
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? Majority of the sources have multiple authors, and one source with multiple authors include people with a diverse arrangement of degrees, ranging from Doctorates in Educational Management or the Psychology of Education to a Masters in Peace Studies and International Relations. All sources include at least one women author, which is the underrepresented group being discussed in the article.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? The links work or the titles are able to be searched online.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? The article is not very well-written, some sentences are a bit too long or do not read together well. The content is much more clear than in the Lead, however.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Yes, in the Lead, there is a typo where I believe "in" is supposed to be "is". Gender is also capitalized throughout the article in reference to balancing gender in sports or the gender pay gap.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article is only broken down into one section other than the Lead and it is titled "Representation in politics". This is misleading because it only discusses sports politics in the article. The article could also be broken into different sections since some of this section exclusively focuses on pay, rather than representation.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No.
 * Are images well-captioned? There are no images.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? There are no images.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? There are no images.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? An instructor commented to add more citations to support claims and that the grammar and mechanics should be revised.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The WikiProject Women rated in Start Class. The WikiProject Women's sport rated it Start-class, High importance. The WikiProjects Sports, Politics, and Women's History all rated it Start-class, Low importance.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We have not talked about this topic in class. However, this does apply to Audre Lourde's essay because even when women were given roles at the 2010 World Cup, they were still underrepresented and did more minimal work. This relates to the quote "The matser's tools will never dismantle the master's house" and relates to the feminist conference Audre Lourde referenced.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? The article is not a Good Article or Featured Article.
 * What are the article's strengths? The author used sources that covered a wide variety of topics and geographical regions, by referencing the 2010 World Cup, the Gender Pay Gap, and efforts in the United States, Norway, and Germany.
 * How can the article be improved? The article can be improved by adding more information, which I suggested in the Missing Content question earlier. Adding more content could also help organize the article better, since there will be more content to add to each subtitle. The article would also be improved by removing the run on sentences and fixing any grammatical errors and typos, for example changing "in" to "is" in the Lead.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is a combination of underdeveloped and poorly developed. If the article adds more content, it'll be less poorly developed because it will be easier to divide the content under better organized and more sub titles. The missing content is what makes it under developed. It is also poorly developed, however, because of the grammatical and mechanical errors.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback. Were there any changes in gender representation in the 2010 World Cup from previous years, and has there been an increase in equal gender representation in World Cups since 2010?

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