User:Rosaamoore/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bartender

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article "Bartender" to evaluate because I am a bartender and I needed help with ideas for a new topic. Bartending is a career path that I never thought that I would take, I have held many retail management and sales focused positions. I transitioned into bartending about 3 years ago and 2 year ago I decided that I would make this my full time career. I wanted to learn more about the growth of the occupation and how it's changed over the years.

Evaluate the article
The lead sentence of the article is simple and confirms what you already know about a bartender, they create drinks. The article then moves into providing a summary of some of the sub topics. It doesn't mention the culture of different countries impressions of bartending. It makes mention of only the legal drinking age and the refusal of service to patrons. I would add some description of the culture of bartending in different countries. Too much information about mixologist in the lead, in the article the information is repeated and not enough information to elaborate on.

The overall content of the Bartender article is detailed, informative and neutral. It provides a history of the profession as it's developed over the times. The roles that race, reputation and gender helped develop this career. The information is mostly update, it could provide more information about the current bartending contest or awards. It provides the new trend of Mixology, but doesn't really dive into the topic. There is a lot of reputation between in the lead and the subtopic of mixology.

This article is considered a C class article, but it has high importance in the food and drink Wiki projects. This article was merged with information from article "The craft of mixology". There is room to improve this article with more information regarding awards and competitions, mixology, and even wages and benefits of bartending. The wear and tear on the body after bartending for many years. There should be a subtopic of the laws while bartending, such as how many drinks can be served, the legal limit and signs of intoxication. There are many subtopics that haven't been covered that could be added to this article to give a better picture of the career of branding.

The images used for the article show a glimpse of the history of bartending, but doesn't have any up to date images of current bartenders. Not that it's needed, but as the sub topics change and the history turns to current events, it should show a visual of what bartenders look like today. It does mention notable bartenders and those too could have been provided an image of.

I was able to click on a few of the sources and confirm that they're working and a viable source. There hasn't been any edits to the talk page since 2005 where they discussed the term "bar keep" and the required education for a bartender. I would add the required education/certifications for a bartender as a spin off the talk page chat. Last year one of the biggest changes happened in bartending certification in California all people working in a bar had to obtain Responsible Beverage Service training regardless if you served a drink or not. This would add to the quality of the article and give it a formal approach on the education requirements for a bartender or the cost requirements before entertaining the career choice.