User:MattBru/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Video game culture

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am an avid video game player, and fan of the overall field. Since I can remember I have been playing video games my whole life, they have always been a huge part of who I am. Since I have gotten older I have also been a fan of how the gaming world has impacted peoples lives and how it has changed over the years.

Evaluate the article
The article to me has a good overall base. It outlines major parts of the culture, especially with discussing TV and music. I do believe though there could be added more to how it has impacted culture today. I do not seem to see any mention of Twitch, YouTube and any streamers on both platforms. Also I do not see any mention of E3, Twitch-con or any other expos that highlight the culture of video games. These are areas that I definitely would want to create and grow on the article. That was the major parts that I noticed weren't there. Also, the competitive tab is a link that takes a user to the esports Wiki page. I believe the competition section should have some sort of information, at least just discussing the main leagues. The article does seem to be well developed from beginning to end, just needs a bit more of modern information.

Lead Section:
Overall the lead gets the job mostly done I would say. The first sentence is clear and to the point about video game culture. It captures what it is in the simplest form. The following sentences behind it also do a very good job of explaining what it is and how it's prevalent. The lead though could do a better job of briefly stating what information will be present in the article. If one maybe two sentences were added then it would still be concise and not too long.

Content:
When it comes to the content of the article there is a lot more than I thought there would be. It covers the range of music and movies to societal impacts such as gender and sexuality. These are all things that the video game culture impacts. At the same time I believe the article needs to be updated a bit. With the rise of streaming on Twitch and YouTube the video game culture has grown immensely, same with conventions and tournaments. These are major parts that needed to be added to get the full scope of video game culture. Along with adding more information to what is already there.

Tone and Balance:
This to me is the biggest strength of the article overall. IN every section, including the sensitive ones, it gives the information straight and to the point. The biggest example of this is in the gender and sexuality section. It discusses how the video game world has been a male dominated one, and that women have faced struggles in it. This part also states the small statistics of women in the gaming world. It does not say that men or women are bad, or one is better than the other, it simply talks about the truth of video game culture so far. Again, this is a section that could be updated in that some of the biggest video game streamers in the world are women, and that there is now professional women gaming teams.

Sources and References:
The majority of sources and links that I clicked on all worked great. All took me to a specific wiki page or an article. Now since video game culture and news is still relatively new I did not expect any scholarly books or deep academic articles, video game culture is not about that. Everything seemed relevant and up to date with the information that it was stating within the article. Nothing I found was past 2019, which lines up with what info is provided. I did click on a source that went back to a German website and article that I could not read and I found that a bit strange. Other then that nothing seemed to be out of order or out of the ordinary.

Organization and Writing Quality:
Now personally I am not a grammar whiz myself, it is something I have often struggled with. With that being said, I did not see any writing errors that stuck out to me. Everything is clear and makes sense, in that anyone who pulled it up could read it with no problem. Now the organization does seem a bit off to me. After gaming networks it jumps into gender and sexuality, then goes back to cultural things such as music and tv. A sudden jump like this seems odd, but with a bit more information it could look better.

Images and Media:
Throughout the entire article there was only two pictures, one of a t-shirt and the other from a LAN event from 2004. Both of these pictures followed the guidelines of wikipedia for having images, but there is only two. I think 2 more could do the article a lot of justice and brighten it up, especially when it talks about music and movies. Also if streaming were to be added a picture should be there.

Talk Page Discussion:
The overall article is rated in the C-Class. A lot of the conversations are on people having trouble uploading pictures into the article. Others are giving advice on what to do if a link is no longer available and has been deleted and how to deal with that. At the same time people are stating some sections look good when I believe they need more work, or some of the larger sections still need more info. Seems to be a lot of people going in different directions.

Overall Impressions:
To me the article seems to be in very good shape. All of the writing is clear and everything that should have a source with it does. It has all the major sections labeled out and covers a few serious topics that need to be discussed. The biggest strength of this article is how it is written. I believe any one from any where can load on to this page and be able to read it and understand all of it without a major problem. Now the biggest things I would improve would make it more up to date. Gaming has gotten so big that streamers are now millionaires, with people using Twitch and YouTube as their platforms. This is a major factor that needs to be discussed. As well as conventions such as E3 and Twitchcon which are huge for video game culture. Along with that some parts need to be either re ordered or some small things need to be added for the flow to be a bit better.