User:Sheneilriley4/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: Eugenic feminism
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.

Philosophy is generally a male-dominated field so I was interested in feminist philosophy. Where do women stand in the philosophy world?

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes, the topic is eugenic feminism.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No, it focuses on the history of eugenic feminism.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? It is concise.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes, the author retrieved his sources one year ago.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? no.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? There is more information about eugenic feminism in the U.S than there was information about Eugenic Feminism in the UK and Canada.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Their viewpoint is represented enough, they just focus more on eugenic feminist in one geographical location than the others mentioned in the article.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

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

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? The article is well written, it is very clear what the author(s) were trying to get across.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? no
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? yes

Images and Media

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

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? They talk about adding sources to better explain the topic. The authour also removed chunks of the article and the editors want to know why the author did not make smaller changes.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This is a C-Class rated article and it is in WikiProject Feminism.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths? The article is strictly fact based. There is no opinions. I got an objective sense of what eugenic feminism is.
 * How can the article be improved? There could be more detail.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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The article seems to imply a link between women suffrage and female eugenics, I have a hard time seeing the correlation, can this point be expounded upon?


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