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Article Evaluation
Article Chosen for Contemporary Irish Theatre Course is Method Acting.

'''Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?'''

Not everything is relevant to the article. There was one instance where the article talks about a meeting between Stanislavski (one of the founders of method acting) and Adler. Although it is useful background information, I did not find it to be relevant. The information could have been more concise.

As well, I was distracted by a sentence talking about a feud between Brando and Strasberg.

'''Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?'''

The most recent information is from 2013. I think the article goes too much into the history and should focus on the different schools of it.

What else could be improved?

Not much else.

'''Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?'''

The article heavily favours the Straberg approach to method acting. It gives less of a voice to the Adler or Meisner approach.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

As previously stated, Meisner and Adler are largely shut out from this article.

'''Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?'''

The links seem to work. The sources largely support the claims in the article. I looked at Note 32: "JASON ROBARDS DEAD Oscar-winning actor star of stage, screen".

'''Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?'''

Not all the sources are reliable. There are a few sources that are biased in one direction (ex: "Salvaging Strasberg at the Fin de Siècle"). Most sources come from books and some from articles. However, some are biased. The bias is not noted.

Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.

What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

The definition of method acting, the representation and differences between the different versions of method acting, and adding a page on the Strasberg method.

'''How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?'''

This is a C-Class article under the Theatre WikiProject.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

It talks about what information should and should not be kept to best represent the topic. A discussion in class usually argues about the intentions of an actor, director, writer, the meaning of the play, etc. More or less, the goal of Wikipedia is to have reliable sources while in class we already have those reliable sources.

My question is: How does one define method acting if there is no scholarly consensus?

PatrickDQuinn1 (talk) 02:18, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Samuel Beckett
To see the changes I will be making to the article, please go here