User:Seganey/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Fine art

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am a lover of the arts. As a former dancer and dance teacher, I feel like there is always more to learn about art and I find it incredibly interesting to learn about some of the history.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

-       From the first sentence, the reader is able to understand exactly how fine art is defined, as well as what the article will entail. The lead includes all of the important aspects of the entire article. All of the contents section is used in the lead alone, which is important for the reader to decide if they are interested in continuing the article or not. The lead is a bit convoluted, but it gives great detail about the history and definition of what fine art is. It gives clear history of the different kinds of art as well.

Content

-       The article is exactly what you would expect from both the title and the lead. The content of this article focuses mostly on the history of fine art, so it is hard to say if it is up to date since there is little current information on the topic. All of the information is relevant and crucial to the article as a whole. The writers of this page did a great job in the organization and details. The focus is mostly on the history of fine art, so it does not exactly speak on underrepresented populations, but it has different links to pages that speak more on how different countries go about studying and using fine art.

Tone and balance

-       The article is neutral since the focus is mostly on informing the reader on the different areas of fine art and tells the history. Luckily, I did not see any biases toward any particular area of art. I enjoyed this article because it is neutral in its tone and strictly focuses on education and history.

Sources and references

-       The secondary sources are all relevant and reliable, so I feel confident that what I learned while reading this article is true. There are many sources in this article and separately they are well thought out and designed, so this particular article as a whole is reliable. Since the focus is on education and history, it is hard to say if the sources are current, but they are reliable. There are many links in this article and they all take you to the proper page relating to the topic. While there are a lot of links, they are all important and relevant.

-       Organization and writing quality

The article is very well written and put together in such a way that the reader is able to clearly follow the topic. I did not notice any grammatical errors, and I do check those, being that I am the daughter of an English teacher. The article is very detailed, but done in such a manner that it is still easy to follow. The article overall is well organized.

Images and media

-       The article has multiple photos that are important to the topic. They are all relevant and captioned well. The layout of the images is visually appealing. There are links to all of the pages of the images, as well.

Talk page discussion

-       From my understanding, this article is not part of a wikiproject. This article is well rated and there has been a lot of input from multiple authors to contribute to the whole of the project. This would be a good example to show in the wikiedu modules for what an article can be and should look like.

Overall impressions

-       The overall status of this article is excellent. It is clear to see that a lot of work and research was put into it, as well as intentionality. The article makes sure to show and link its sources well. One way to improve this article would be to add more information to the smaller sections, such as pottery, sculpture, dance, etc. The article is fully developed and very well written.