User:Serenitymontgomery/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Hummus

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.) I chose this article because hummus is one of the most important foods across the Middle East and thus is relevant to our class.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Evaluating content:

- I liked that the article talked about the different regional preparations of hummus across the Middle East

- I thought this part was interesting: "Although sometimes criticized as Jewish appropriation of Palestinian and Arab culture, hummus has been adopted as an unofficial "national dish" of Israel, reflecting its huge popularity and significance among the entire Israeli population."

- I don't know if it underrepresented or misrepresented historically marginalized groups because I don't have enough background knowledge on hummus

Evaluating tone:

- I felt like the article was neutral in talking about the politics of hummus and the battles between Israel and Lebanon over the food

Evaluating sources:

- The links worked, and most were from relatively recent sources

- There are 56 references which seems quite complete

- The sources are diverse

Checking the talk page:

- It says that "A portion of the article Hummus, along with other articles relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies resulting from four arbitration cases (see WP:A/I/PIA)"

- There are conversations about "unreliable sources removed," "why is olive oil not listed as one of the "basic" ingredients?," and "Etymology of the word: hummus."