User:MB3526886/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Maya Angelou

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 Maya Angelo's article because she has such an interesting story that I think many people do not know about. She was one of the greatest poet's alive.It matter's to me that people get to know Maya Angelo because she was a phenomenal woman and she made a great impact on the world. My impression of this article was to learn more about her early life and the things that she had to go through to become so well known.

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.

Lead Section: The lead was written perfectly. it starts of by introducing Maya Angelo, explain whos he was. Then it goes on to tell all the section that would described in the article. The lead was kept detailed as possible and did not go off topic or talk about something overly. Also everything went in order so there was no confusion to the readers

Content: The content of the article was good for the most part. the only think that i think should of changed is the section where it talked about her Death. this topic should of came at the end since that is when all of her deeds and accomplishments came to an end. Then everything else could of came before that. The structure and the way it was written was also great.

Tone & Balance: Some of the way that things were talked about sounded like some things were being backlashed at how Maya Angelo wanted to talk, run things, and be apart of. She was called out for her name being "Dr Maya Angelou" because she didn't receive a degree, but because of her intelligence and accomplishments, she was gifted this name. there was a lot of negativity going on about this. Overall the balance of the article is pretty good.

Sources & references- All of the sources and references were mentioned. It is very clear on where all the information is from and it is cited correctly. There are in-text citations included and references and the bottom of the page.

Organization & Writing Quality- The organization was great! It had proper titles for each subject being talked about. Also there were no grammatical mistakes.

Images & Media- All of the images showcased and represented the words that were presented in the article. this was important because it helps readers recognize and understand the topic. All the images are vibrant and clear.

Talk Page Discussion- There was no talk page discussion for this article.

Overall Impressions- My overall impression on this article, is that it is a great Encyclopedia where a mass amount of information can be taken from. There is many references in the article so it is probably peer-reviewed and believable.