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 * A Jewish Girl in Shanghai
 * I was browsing through list the articles from the C-class section and found the title of this article to be interesting,

Lead

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 * I believe this article has a sufficient Lead that describes the topic at hand. It provides readers with what the movie is about, who it was written by, when it was produced, and where the movie gained inspiration for its story from. However, I find that this article does not provide any description about its major sections and there's a lack of sources, especially for its last paragraph.

Content

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The article's content is relevant to the topic but lacks detail. Some of its sources are also drawn from news articles or movie reviews which should not be used as a reliable source. Moreover, there is lack of sources for some claims that were written. The historical background section should have been further developed since it is rather quite short. Lastly, since this movie was released in 2010, I believe its up-to-date as much as it can be. A possible follow-up could be researching about the sequel that was mentioned to be considered by the author of the book and movie.

Tone and Balance

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 * I found the tone of this article to be quite biased. The article seemingly only addresses the positive aspects of the movie and many of its sources are drawn directly from interviews with the movie's author. The writer often attempts to debunk any criticism using direct quotes from the author to argue against it.

Sources and References

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As mentioned previously, this article lacks many reliable sources of information. Many of its available sources are pulled directly from film reviews or the links simply do not work. I don't believe the sources were thorough and more development could have taken place. Since most of its sources are unavailable, it's difficult to tell whether the sources are current.

Organization

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While the article was easy to read, it is quite short and lacks much detail. However, since it is about a movie that is not as popular, I'm not sure how else to add to it aside from including more historical background. Regarding the sections, since the sections weren't introduced in the Lead, some of the introduced sections were somewhat confusing.

Images and Media

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There are not many images found in this article and the images that are available do not enhance my understanding of the topic. I think it would have helped if there were more images that showed more about the history of the Jews in Canada so that readers could understand how their lives may have looked back then.

Checking the talk page

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There seems to be many issues regarding the credibility of the sources or the removal of sources where links no longer work. There also seems to be some issues regarding how some parts of the article appears to be more subjective than keeping to the neutral tone that Wikipedia aims for. The article is rated as C-class and of Mid to Low importance.

Overall impressions

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 * The article seems to be complete but it is poorly developed and does not adhere to Wikipedia's guidelines on how articles should be written. I believe more research should be taken place where sources are not drawn directly from movie reviews and to ensure that the sources are up-to-date and reliable. It would also do good if the historical background regarding Jews in China was expanded on so that readers could gain a good understanding of how lives were like back then for Jews who came to China. The writers could even take this opportunity to research databases that have more images and history regarding such time period.

Overall evaluation
It's poorly written article that has some potential to be better. It needs more sources that are more objective and diverse.

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