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Evaluate an article: LGBT rights by country or territory

Complete your article evaluation below. Here are the key aspects to consider:

= Evaluating content =


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Yes, everything that was included on this page was relevant to the article topic. At the top of the page they noted that "This article is about current LGBT rights around the world. For historical and current movements to further LGBT rights, see LGBT social movements. For intersex rights, see Intersex rights by country and Intersex human rights." I think this was smart to include since people on this page might be looking for information on similar or related topics.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? This page has very recent information. Some statistics were updated as recently as January 2021. Anything that is older remains highly relevant.
 * Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations? No. The article does a good job of including information on LGBT-related laws for not only Western countries but non-Western countries as well.
 * What else could be improved? I think this Wiki page does a good job of outlining LGBT rights by country and territory. It outlines the scope of laws, the history of LGBT-related laws, Global LGBT rights maps by country or territory. It provides readers links (throughout the article and in the 'See also' section at the bottom) to other Wiki pages for greater detail on key terms and concepts used.

= Evaluating tone =


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Despite talking about a very loaded subject, this article remains a very neutral point of view.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No, not that I see.

= Evaluating sources =


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? Of the 5 that I checked all the link work and the sources support the claims made in the article.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? The author(s) of this page were very thorough with their references. There are close to 700 references. The sources appear to be neutral fact-based sources. This is not surprising considering most of the information provided in the article is also very neutral.
 * Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications? Yes. They seem to all be from relevant sources.

= Checking the talk page = Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? The talk page is not very long. A couple of the conversations are about changes that need to be made to the article. One editor commented that a part of the article was misleading and artued that it should be fixed. Another editor suggested that the page be updated to include relevant information of LGBT rights in Canada after change in laws.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This article is part of 5 WikiProjects. One of them is LGBT Studies. It is rated "List-class for all of them."
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It does not. The Wikipedia article mostly provides that facts and statistics. There aren't value-based statements like there are in the textbook.