User:Opal cannoli/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Helen Octavia Dickens
 * I chose this article because I am interested in learning about more Black Women in STEM related fields.

Lead

 * Lead evaluation
 * The introductory sentence in the Lead clearly describes Helen Octavia Dickens and introduces her life's work. The Lead briefly mentions Dickens' major accomplishments during and after her career in medicine, but does not describe her early life. The lead is concise and does not include information outside of the contents in the article's major sections.

Content

 * Content evaluation

All of the article's content seems up-to-date and is related to Helen Octavia Dickens' life. In the Early Life and Education section, the names of institutions where Dickens' completed her former education are missing. In the Career section, information about Dickens' social activism is missing and the section on her personal life seems to be missing information. The article does address challenges Dickens' faced in her academic and professional career as a Black women, which include instances of racism and discrimination.

Tone and Balance

 * Tone and balance evaluation

Overall the article's tone is neutral. It does not show strong bias toward a viewpoint. It clearly articulates Dickens' life experiences and includes her achievements as well as challenges.

Sources and References

 * Sources and references evaluation

The sources referenced are diverse and support the facts stated in the article. A couple sources referenced were published within the last five years and the remaining are older. There is a lack of racial and ethnic diversity among the authors of each source.

Organization

 * Organization evaluation

The article is broken into distinct sections that are easy to navigate. In one or two sections, the wording of a couple of sentences is confusing. Specifically, there are a few spelling errors toward the end of the first section. For the most part the article is clear and concise.

Images and Media

 * Images and media evaluation

The article includes one captioned image of Helen Octavia Dickens and is appealing. The image of Dickens' follows Wikipedia's is from the National Library of Medicine's public domain and therefore follows Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Checking the talk page

 * Talk page evaluation
 * This article is rated a start-class and is a part of five WikiProjects including Women's history, African diaspora, Philadelphia, Biography, and Science and Academia. On the talk page there is only a discussion about external links in regards to the article. Wikipedia discusses this article's content in technical terms whereas in class the significance of this article's content would be discussed how it relates to Black women's engagement in intellectualism.

Overall impressions

 * Overall evaluation

This article is rated as a start-class. The article's organization is strong. However, I would assess this article as underdeveloped because more information can be added to fill out sections on Helen Dickens' personal life and accomplishments outside of medicine. I think more references can be used to further develop this article. Spelling and grammar can also be improved.