User:Megsleg/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Queer ecology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate because it is a concept that I will be presenting about next week in class. It is also an important part of environmental studies that I have found interesting in my other classwork.

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 section is very concise and provides a good description of the article's topic. However, I don't think that the lead section provides an outline of what will be covered in the article itself.

Content

This article does provide a great effort in closing content gaps on wikipedia by discussing a topic that deals with queer theory and environmental studies.

Tone and Balance

Sources and References

There seem to be several instances of facts being included in the article without references. "Fundamental notions of queer ecology are present in the writing of Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Willa Cather, and Djuna Barnes. These writers complicate the common belief that environmental literature consists exclusively of heterosexual doctrine and each of their work sheds light on the ways that human sexuality is connected to environmental politics." It may be helpful to include citations of notable works for each of these writers or references to journals/books that highlight these works as influential to queer ecology.

Organization and Writing Quality

Images and Media

Images and media are missing from this page. This is unfortunate because the reference specific art projects and historical figures that could be highlighted with visuals.

Talk Page Discussion

Overall Impressions