User:Lin Henke/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: Edmonia Highgate
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: Former class's assignment in Women in Red Project.

Lead

 * Lead identifies Highgate immediately as a "daughter," a frequent issue in biographies about women. It does identify her various roles that are discussed in the "career" section. Lead includes some biographical details rather than a brief overview.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation
Content is spotty, and parts of the biography seem to be missing.

Tone and balance evaluation
Article seems unbiased and neutral.

Sources and references evaluation
Not all points backed up with a citation. For example: "Once she did, she set off again this time to Darlington, Maryland. She established a school in 1865 before moving to New Orleans in 1866, where she and her sister taught and founded the Louisiana Educational Relief Association. Highgate wrote about this and her other experiences for the Christian Recorder. She remained in Louisiana until 1868, despite acts of violence aimed at her. The next year she gave up teaching for work as a paid lecturer. At the end of her career, Highgate traveled through the north and spoke on “Five Years Among Southern Loyalists"." contains no citations, despite including several historical facts.

Organization evaluation
Some issues with tense changes. Some parts of article, esp. "Death and afterward" do not really flow.

Images and media evaluation
No images/media included.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
Article was written by a student as a part of the "Women in Red" initiative in 2019. It is rated C-Class, and most improvements are suggested by the student's professors. The article could clearly use more contributions and dialogue.

Overall evaluation
The article is an excellent foundation, but needs the collaboration of a lot more editors with more sources to strengthen it to a higher class.

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

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Edmonia Highgate