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 * Name of article: The Matilda Effect
 * I have chosen this article to evaluate because it relates to the main topic of my course regarding American Women Scientists.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * The Lead for this article does include an introductory sentence that is concise and describes the subject of the article in clear detail.
 * The Lead includes a brief description of the examples that support the research for the Matilda effect but it lacks an actual description of the research that led to the discovery and explanation of the Matilda effect
 * The Lead does refer to the Matthew effect which was a precursor idea to the Matilda effect but the article does not explicitly explain the Matthew effect
 * The Lead is sufficiently detailed to provide an overview of the article without being too wordy.

Content

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 * The content of the article does relate to the overall topic by providing examples that support the existence of the Matilda effect while also granting a brief synopsis on how this phenomenon was discovered.
 * This content was last updated on September 29, 2020 at 11:30 and is currently up to date.
 * There seems to be no content missing or content that does not belong in this article.
 * This article attempts to address the inequity for recognition of female scientists or the historic lack thereof. It seeks to explain how the Matilda effect will grant prestige, recognition, and historical preservation of male scientists over female scientists based on gender expectations and inequities throughout history.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * There is no evident bias in this article and is fairly neutral
 * The article does not seem to be heavily biased one way or another.
 * It seems that, since this article is looking at a social phenomenon, there is not much in the way of particular viewpoints being over or underrepresented. The article seems balanced with various studies providing input for this effect.
 * This article only seeks to inform the reader what the Matilda effect is, how it works, who it affects. and historical examples of who it affects.

Sources and References

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 * The sources that back up the statements in this article are factually sound.
 * The sources are thorough and reflect the literature of the topic
 * Most of the sources are current all but two from 2004 and 1993.
 * These sources range from a wide variety of authors and also serve to recognize numerous underrepresented women scientists.
 * The links in this article do work.

Organization

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 * The article is clear and easy to understand. It was very well written.
 * This article is free of grammar and spelling errors.
 * The article is broken down into two main sections that accurately reflect the topic and provide enough information to explain the topic well.

Images and Media

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 * There is only one image and it does not really help clarify the topic much since it is an image of a diagram with small, hard to read writing. It could use more images of the underrecognized scientists or a diagram with larger writing.
 * The caption for the image is not very descriptive and could use more of it.
 * The image does not violate any of Wikipedia's copyright violations.
 * The image is laid out in an appealing way although it is not very appealing to look at.

Checking the talk page

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 * The two conversations on the talk page discuss how to add more female scientists to the examples page, like Marie Curie, in order to better the representation and to fix the style of writing because a particular sentence was awkwardly written.
 * The article is rated as a C-class and is a part of the Feminism, Women's History, and Women scientists Wikiprojects.
 * WIkipedia's discussion of this topic is by far more neutral and explanatory than how we have discussed it in class. In class, we are asked to take a position on it and form an opinion to discuss with our classmates but here it is just explaining what the Matilda effect is.

Overall impressions

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 * This article is, overall, in need of improvements but is generally in a good spot regarding base information and formatting.
 * This article is formatted very well, detailed information with numerous references, and is very neutral in tone.
 * The article could use better visuals, grammar edits according to the talk page, and could use more examples of female scientists.
 * I would say that this article is underdeveloped but is very near completion.

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