User:Nmuret/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The article I will be evaluating is the article on Victor Séjour.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because Victor Séjour is an extremely important figure in the history of African American fiction. My preliminary impression of the article was that it had the bare minimum amount of information to be a biography.

Lead Section
The introductory sentence provides a concise and clear overview of the article's topic. The lead section includes a brief description of the article's main sections, which were essentially the biography and one of Séjour's plays. The lead only consists of information that is presented more specifically in the article. And finally, the lead is concise. Thus, the lead section of this article fits the general expectations of a lead section.

Content
All of the article's content is relevant. Content is also up-to-date, since nothing much has changed in the life of Victor Séjour. However, there is a good amount of potential content missing. One prominent example of this can be seen where there are multiple mentions of the short story "Le Mulâtre," but with no section dedicated to this work. Nonetheless, it does address a person that is a part of a historically underrepresented population. Overall, it is a good start, but not nearly enough.

Tone and Balance
The article takes on a neutral tone. There do not appear to be many claims that are heavily biased toward a particular position; the only position that one could argue from the information given would be what Séjour was most well-known for, which perhaps good be a possible bias. Other than that, the article is just missing more aspects of Séjour's biography, and so it is difficult to see which viewpoints are underrepresented when they do not exist yet.

Sources and References
Most of the facts in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information, though there are a good number of facts about Séjour's life that are not sourced. Furthermore, with a total of 4 sources, I think that these sources alone cannot adequately reflect the available literature on Séjour. However, the sources cover a good range of time (the most recent source having been accessed in 2021). Again, with the amount of sources, I would say that the authors reach a certain level of diversity, but can go further. Nonetheless, these sources are solid, and the links seem to be working.

Organization and Writing Quality
The writing style is concise, clear, and easy to read. There seem to be no grammatical or spelling errors either (including French accents). Also, despite lack of content the article is well-organized with sections.

Images and Media
The article includes one image of a portrait of Séjour, where it is captioned with basic facts about him. In terms of adhering to Wikipedia's copyright regulations, it is from pinterest, so I assume not. The image is a good size though, and is visually appealing.

Talk Page Discussion
It appears that there are no conversations really occurring on this Talk Page. The article is rated as a Start-Class, and it is a part of four WikiProjects. Compared to discussing the topic in class, there is no discussion. It is very barren.

Overall Impressions
Overall, the article has a good starting foundation. However, there is just a good amount of content that needs to be added in order for it to be comprehensive. Thus, I would say that it is underdeveloped.