User:Madeleine.olive/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ethnic stereotype

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it ties into the lessons from the first week of our COM 346 class, during which we discussed the deployment of different racial stereotypes in media. The article covers definitions and examples of different stereotypes.

Evaluate the article
I think that the leading section is good because it first defines what a stereotype is before going into examples. I do think that it could do a better job to outline what the following sections will be about.

The content of the article seems to be accurate and up to date. It discusses an issue that is very important in the media today.

The tone of the article seems neutral to me. There doesn't seem to be one stance or another taken.

There are some good sources that come in a range of different forms, but one of the links does not work. The sources do seem to come from people of various geographical, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.

Generally, I would say the grammar and spelling is good. There are only a few spots in which the phrasing could be changed for conciseness. I think that the points are well-organized in the writing.

Some of the Talk page discussion covered clarity issues and also issues of underrepresentation in previous versions of the article, as well as questions about what a "good" or "bad" stereotype would be. This article was used for a Critical Race Theory study at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

I think that the current status of the article is decent, but it could use some updated sources from the past 5 years. I also think that the article could use some rephrasing at points and maybe a few more examples of stereotypes of different cultures. It is just slightly underdeveloped but is on the right track.