User:RollBacktheTime/Evaluate an Article

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Anna Jespersen

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

It is a start class article about a relatively early female geologist. My preliminary impression of the article is that it includes some basic information about this individual's life and work, but there is some unneeded repetition ie: about half of the information in the "Early life and education" section is then repeated in the "Work" section, and could use cleanup in that regard. It also makes claims as to Jespersen's influence in the intro but is unclear as to what she influenced and in what regard. Lastly, the article has been written based on a relatively small number of references.

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Intro: Lead sentence provides a solid idea of who this individual was. Rest of intro is a bit POV ie: contextless mentions of influence and positive impact.

Early life and education: Oddly formatted. Detail about what primary and secondary schools Jespersen attended could be condensed into a single sentence, as this is not important information in the context of the subject. Para. 4 begins to describe her work as a geologist, but much of this information is then repeated in the "Work" section. Last para. of section should possibly be moved to a personal life section of some kind, as clubs Jespersen belonged to are not on topic for this section.

Retirement and death: At least some of this should also go into a personal life section. The nature of her consulting role for the government of Ghana is unclear from the small amount of information presented. There are memoirs mentioned: was this something that is available to read? More info needed. Cited work for the memoirs is linked in FTP format despite apparently being a PDF. It cannot be opened without an FTP program. Is there a better link to this resource?