User:Ngwanyana/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gender studies

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 choose the article as I know that we will consider gender to an extent in our criticism as praxis class. I think that the article matters as it provides information on gender studies as well as its background, which people might be interested in. My preliminary impression of the article was that it is structured well and it looks informative.

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 has an introductory sentence that defines what gender studies is. The lead also provides an overview of the article's main sections. The lead was extremely detailed, and I thought that it worked as gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field and so it encompasses a wide range of components and influences.

Content:

The content of the article seems relevant to the topic as it includes the influences of gender studies, which is important to understand as t provides the context of gender studies as well as how it came to be. To me, there did not seem to be content in the article that did not belong. the content seems up to date especially looking at its last section where it highlights the attitudes of different governments to gender studies. Looking a this section does make me think that the content might be lacking as it only highlights the attitudes of only a handful of governments. I personally think that the article deals with an underrepresented topic.

Tone and balance:

The article appears neutral and without bias towards one specific viewpoint. I do no think that the article is attempting to sway the reader in one particular direction. In terms of balance, the article does not seem to have a lot of balance when it comes to the section on women's studies which is shorter than the Men's studies section as well as the gender in Asia and Polynesia section.

Sources and References:

The article includes a lot of links that further explain the different factors that it highlights, which I think is good in providing people with clear, helpful information. The information provided in the article is backed up by research from various sources. The sources in the article seem thorough as well as current. Most of the sources used appear to be from peer-reviewed journals and so are reliable, however, there are a few sources that are labelled as needing clarification. Some of the links seem to be functional, however, I did come across one that did not seem t work. The sources seem to be from a number of different authors.

Organization and Writing quality:

The organization of the article stood out to me when I first opened the article as it has clearly marked sections that provide what I think is important information when it comes to gender studies. The language in the article is clear and there do not seem to be spelling errors.

Images and Media:

The article includes on image in the last section which is useful as it adds more visual representation of the attitudes towards gender studies in different parts of the world. The image is well positioned, well captioned and seems t adhere to the regulations set out by Wikipedia.

Talk page discussion:

We have not discussed this topic yet in class and so I am unable to compare the discussion in the talk page to any class discussion. The discussion that is taking place is interesting as it is questioning the credibility of the information mentioned in the article. The discussion in the talk page of the article is actually interesting as it is picking up on things that might have missed including the lack of diverse contributors to gander studies. The article has been rated as a level 5 vital article ad it is part of multiple Wiki Projects.

Overall impression:

I think that the article is well structured, I also think that certain sections could be expanded upon t provide a greater balance. I do think that the article achieves the purpose of being informative and providing the context of gender studies. I think that the article is well-developed, but there is always room for improvement.