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 * Name of article: (link) Valie Export Contemporary Art on Feminism
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I was intrigued when we were learning about her in class. I was interested in how she was expressing feminism.

Lead

 * Guiding questions
 * Who is Valie Export?
 * Where is she from?
 * What's her families background?
 * Why did she change her name?


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, the article does a good job at explaining Valie Export and her biography. It explains what kind of artist she was when she was younger and a little background information about her family life.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No. I would say that the article does not include a brief description of the article's major findings. It doesn't talk about any major sections in the article.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? In a way the Lead talks about some things that are going to be discussed. For example, the Lead states about how Valie Export used her own body to show men the reality of a women's body compared what it is made to seem like on-screen.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? I do not think that the lead is overly detailed. I think it breaks down the artist Valie was when she was younger, broke down her family life, and why she changed her name and then it gives a brief description over how Valie Export wanted to show the public the reality of women's bodies.

Lead evaluation
I think the lead does a decent job at addressing who Valie Export is but I personally think it can go into further detail explaining why Valie Export thinks that the way women and men are unfairly treated.

Content

 * Guiding questions

What does Valie Export do?

What kind of art does she make?

Does she only create performance pieces?


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? I think that the article gives a lot of examples of Valie Export's work. I think though there could be more information added to the article about the reasoning behind her artwork.
 * Is the content up-to-date? I did outside research and found multiple resources that had more broken down and thorough information. I think the sources I found would be a good addition to the article.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I think all the content already on the page is valuable. I think there could be more information behind why Valie Export created the pieces she did and how those pieces reflected feminism.

Content evaluation
I think there is some good content in this article but I think there can be a lot more information added. I think that a lot more of her pieces could be talked about and explained. I think it would also benefit the article to have picture next to each of the pieces that are discussed to give the viewer a better understanding of the piece and how she presented her work. Tone and Balance


 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? Yes. The article is neutral and doesn't make any comments about Valie and her work. There are no opinions stated from my understanding. If anything the article is siding with Valie Export and helping the audience understand why she created the pieces she did.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Not to my knowledge. It seems that the entire article in neutral and there aren't any opinions.
 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? I think that there could be more information represented on why Valie Export created the work she did and how that work can make the male eye see the difference between how they see women's bodies and how women truly see their bodies.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No. I believe this article is pretty neutral all together.

Tone and balance evaluation
I don't think there are any sides in this article. I think the people behind this article are good at staying neutral and explaining how Valie Export is an artist who uses women's bodies, and her own as a part of the artwork and the point she is trying to make to the public.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions
 * What sources are used?


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? All of the sources that are used in the article seem to be from reliable sources. I clicked on the external links and all of them opened up to an article on the web.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes. I searched over half the sources and they all led me to an article that had been published on the internet.
 * Are the sources current? A lot of the articles are from the early 2000's but they most recent articles were from 2016 so I would say somewhat new but when I did my own research there were newer articles that could have been added to the Wikipedia article.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes. Every one that had a link worked and led me straight to the page.

Sources and references evaluation
There are several sources and for the most part all the sources I clicked on led me to a website with information regarding Valie Export. I think that there could be more recent sources used to up the article all together.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? I think the article was easy to read. There were a lot of examples on Valie Export's artwork and I think that always helps an audience understand the artist and the movement they are representing when multiple examples are used.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? None that I was aware of, or that were so grammatically incorrect that I noticed.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? There are only two sections. There is a "Biography" section and a "Early Career" section. I think to make the article more successful the editors could have added a "Artwork" section. Or even a section that explains where she is now and what art she is making or if she is still making art, etc.

Organization evaluation
For the most part I think that the organization is decent. I think that the information could have been separated better and there could have been more subtitles that broke the article up into sections.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

Are there any pictures?

What do the pictures represent?


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No. There are only two pictures. One picture of Valie Export herself, and one picture of a sculpture. I think that there needs to be more pictures included in this article t help the viewers complete the picture in their head.
 * Are images well-captioned? There is only one caption and I think it does a fine job of explaining what the picture is.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? There are only two images so it is hard to say. I think the article needs several more images added.

Images and media evaluation
There needs to be more media used in this article.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

What are people saying about this article?


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There are only a few edits that give back valuable information, and then the other comments are talking about people should not be upset by their article edits being edited, etc.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? I don't believe there has been any Wiki Projects used over this article. Under the rating section there is an 11- easy steps to producing a B article external link.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I think the article and how this subject talked about in class is similar. I think that it touches that Valie Export was an artist who focused on expressing herself politically and wasn't afraid of showing her take on feminism.

Talk page evaluation
There weren't that many evaluations on the talk page but most of them were edits that were done by others and why they thought their edits were related to the article.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

Is there more information out there?


 * What is the article's overall status? I think this article needs a lot more information to become a "good" article.
 * What are the article's strengths? There are a lot of examples of Valie Export's work. I think that they have a good start explaining each piece that is discussed but it can go into much farther detail.
 * How can the article be improved? I think it can be improved by adding more images and more recent articles about Valie Export and her work.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say that this article is underdeveloped and could become a lot stronger if there were more pictures, more information, and more recent sources.

Overall evaluation
I enjoyed this article because I like Valie Export and her work but I believe a lot more information and media can be used to truly represent what Valie stood for and how she used art as a way to make a stand for women.

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