User:Saramontoyaarango/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Chicana feminism
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate
 * I study Gender and Sexuality Studies as well as Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Latinx Feminism so I am very interested in this topic specifically

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes, it defines what Chicana Feminism is
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * No
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * It is slightly vague but it is not too long and detailed

Lead evaluation: Good start, but could use more information

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes. It includes everything from notable people and key readings to movements and their aims
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Could use some more contemporary information and examples to supplement the ones that are already there
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation: Great variety and breadth

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Everything is a summary and is cited. Does not make claims about the movement, simply explains its core concepts and values with many examples.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation: Neutral. More summary than anything else

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

'''Sources and references evaluation: Cited books, published articles, foundational authors and theorists. Includes primary and secondary sources.'''

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * Could be reorganized so that some of the sections are under headings that make more sense.

Organization evaluation: Organized and clearly written. A good introduction to the topic.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation: Could use more images throughout to supplement the text but the images it does have are relevant and well captioned.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Some conversations about proper citations
 * Some conversations about expanding and clarifying definitions and including more specific examples as well as resources
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * Labeled "This article has multiple issues"
 * Needs edits and improvements
 * Part of a few WikiProjects such as Feminism, Mexico, and Mexican Americans
 * Rated as start-class and Mid-Importance

Talk page evaluation: Good feedback and up to date conversations. Constantly being revised and people ask good questions.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Needs improvements
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * Breadth and variety
 * Examples
 * Relatively neutral
 * How can the article be improved?
 * More references and up to date examples
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * Well-developed but could always use more work

Overall evaluation: good

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