User:Rmcpe/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Musicology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because I found it under the "academic disciplines" tab from the assignment we were given. I saw musicology and as a musician myself, I thought I would find the article most interesting and therefore be able to give the best response.

Evaluate the article
This article was very well written, incredibly informative, and well researched. I think that the lead section was the piece of the article that could use the most changing. The definition of the term "musicology" was vague and did not lend itself to clear and concise terms. It gave a good overview of what musicology is, but the information was presented in an unorganized manner and could have been more clear. The amount of information was sufficient, but there could have been cutback on the amount of examples listed.

Content wise, this article does address equity gaps in information, citing that most of history, musicology has been looking at very western music, ignoring many musical traditions outside of Europe. There is also a section that addresses the role of women in musicology, which has historically been a field separated by gender. The content seems to be up to date with most modern information included that is relevant to the topic. There does not appear to be any information irrelevant to musicology. The tone of the article is also very neutral as it does not lean one way or the other, favoriting any one person, thing or idea.

The sources all seem to work, but there could be more information cited and included into this article as it is a well researched topic. The sources are all dated, with the most recent one being from almost two decades ago. Better sources are most definitely available as there are about twenty years of research and development that are not accurately included in this article. The authors of the article are not the most diverse group of individuals and they mostly seem to be from a western lens.

This article is well written and clearly organized. There seem to be no grammatical or spelling errors, and the content is easy to follow. The sections that the article has been separated into feel very well framed. The article only has two images attached, but this makes sense for an article about sonic history and study. The two images are captioned as best as they can be and follow wikipedias copyright guidlines. This is a level five vital article and rated "start-class" on wikipedias content assessment scale. There appears to be no conversations on the talk page.

My final thoughts of this article are that it is a very well formatted article with a few shortcomings. I think the best way to improve this article would be to add some more modern information/ include references to articles that are more up to date on current musicology.