User:Richard Diedrich/Evaluate an Article

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(Provide a link to the article here.) Women artists

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This article seems to have a complete and thorough lead section that explains the article accurately and concisely. The content of this article is relevant, and seems to be up to date and accurate. Women artists are represented in this article and it is explained that these women have been historically underrepresented when compared with male artists. I think that there could be more information on non-western artists, but I understand that good historical information on non-western artists may be much more difficult to find. That being said there are a few mentions of non-western, women artists in the article which is a good start despite the fact that this area could certainly be expanded to make for a more inclusive and wholistic look into women artists. The article reads to me as being fairly objective and neutral. As previously stated I think that wester, women artists, specifically European, women artists, are talked about fairly heavily in the article whereas non-western, women artists are mentioned to a lesser extent; so there is certainly room for improvement in balancing the subject matter here. The information is well substantiated as far as I can tell, and the sources seem to be good and relevant. I think that the organization and writing quality in this article is very good. I did not notice any particular typos or rhetorical errors in the article and I think that the article is logically and effectively organized to present a comprehensive look into the history of the women artists and works discussed. Many images are used in this article in order to illustrate the art that these women have done and this is done so effectively in my opinion. This article's talk page is fairly sparse but does include a few suggestions of artists to include and a suggestion to cut down on the sections about western, specifically European, art works done by women. The article was rated "C-class" by several Wikiproject groups and is noted as being very important, I assume this is because of the importance of representing historically marginalized groups. My overall impression of this article is that it is pretty well done. I think that there is room to add more in the article as I mentioned before, but I do think that the information present is good and the style seems to fit the normative style for Wikipedia articles.

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