User:Maliacouser/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Portal:Feminism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose this article because it affects me personally and we are closer to equality now more than ever.

Evaluate the article

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * I think that everything in the article is relevant to feminism. It was slightly distracting having all of the hyperlinks but they are necessary and toward the end it talked about new types of feminism than I feel should be included but on a separate page because it made me feel negatively toward feminism.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * I think it is up to date because it talks about new type of feminism today but I think it could be added the feminism is a flexible term with not one set of characteristics.
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?
 * I could not identify equity gaps and the article does not under or misrepresent marginalized populations. I think I could've talked about black women more but it was talking about women as a whole advocating for the same rights as men in a male dominated society.
 * What else could be improved?
 * I think there could be more examples of protests, times when women were silenced or even thrown in prison due to advocating for equal rights.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position
 * I feel like the article is pretty neutral as it sticks to facts and leaves out feelings. I also question why they only talk about how white feminism is criticized (I understand it but it could look biased).
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * In the extended article it talks about radicle and lesbian feminism in which, in my opinion, is not pained in the best light. It makes the movement sound oppressive to others, ex: heterosexual relationships in the case of lesbian feminism when that isn't the case.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Yes the information in the first few citations is very similar to what the article talks about.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * The sources are from reliable unbiased sources like britannica and oxford philosophy society. There are so many references throughout that it is almost distracting. It is a big topic so I expected it to be well sourced.
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications?
 * Yes there are 333 citations from so many different credible publications.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * One of the things on the talk page was talking about how the "Socialism" subsection does not explain the general impact and he talked about how all of the sections need to be tied together somehow.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It was apart of politics and government WikiProject and the article is rated level-3 vital article and is also a social sciences and society good articles.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * It talks about more types of feminism while in class we talk more about policies which is still mentioned in the article. The article also goes more in depth about the history of feminism which we do not talk about in class.