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 * Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette
 * I chose this article because I noticed that it needed a lot of improvements, and    since I adore everything that has to do with Les Miserables (including the novel, musicals, live concerts, etc.) and most importantly, I have  seen the anime that this Wikiedia article is about, I knew it would be interesting to provide such improvements

Lead evaluation
I think the main paragraph provides a good first sentence. In it, he summarizes which anime this is, translates the title and tells us by whom it was created. In the following sentences, it gives important details in a concise and very summarized way. I could only find one error in the next to last sentence: "... and contains fifty-two episodes; of twenty-six each." When it says "of twenty-six each", it seems like they forgot to put the word "minutes", alluding to the durability of each episode. If this is true, then there is another error, since the durability of each episode is twenty-four minutes.

Content evaluation
For the most part, the content information is correct. It is divided into six parts: plot, characters and cast, episodes, staff, theme music, and reception. As I mentioned before, most of the information is correct, but there is an incorrect detail in the plot section. It reads as follow: "Cosette is separated from her in the hopes that a caregiver named Thénardier will take care of her while her mother makes some money. Unfortunately, this was a trick, and the caretaker is a corrupt man who makes Cosette his hired maid, or more precisely: his slave. " Anyone who has seen the anime will know that it was not only Mr. Thénardier who made Cosette his slave, but much of this atrocious plan must also be attributed to his wife, Mrs. Thénardier. My recommendation would be that instead of highlighting only him, to include her by calling them (as they are well known), "The Thénardiers".

Another important aspect that should be improved is the amount of information. It is at a basic and short level. I would recommend searching more thoroughly on the topics already presented and to search for many others. For example: a section dedicated to how the idea to create the series arose, its popularity over the years, its view statistics when it was on the air, the animation and character design process, put a section with summarized information of each main character, link a video to the opening and ending theme songs, etc.

Tone and Blance evaluation
Its tone and balance are excellent. Every part of information is written in a neutral tone, it never leans towards an idea, gives an opinion, or uses a persuasive tone.

Sources and References evaluation
Sources and references are perhaps its weakest point and what keeps it in the stub-class of the quality scale. There are no references, or at least not where they should be. There are six links under section seven called "External Links". Two of them are the same and cannot be opened. Two others are in Japanese since I do not understand this language I could not identify if they were accurate or not, but in visual terms, there was not a single indication that it talked about Shōjo Cosette.

The others are useful and have correct information, but they are not exactly what is considered reliable sources because they are not linked to the creators or an official page. In fact, I found that several sentences in the Wikipedia article are the same or very similar to these other articles. This could point to a case of plagiarism or close paraphrasing.

Organization evaluation
The organization is good and understandable, however the table of characters with their respective voice actors and the list of chapters need improvement. Both are too long and take up unnecessary space on the page. My recommendation would be to divide the table between main and secondary characters not only for organization purposes, but also for relevance ones. The list should be placed in a horizontal table with vertical columns so the information will not seem overwhelming to the reader.

Images and Media evaluation
There is only one image and it shows the title of the show with a short and good description of it. I understand that some images may be subject to copyright infringements, but I am sure that if searching deeply it is possible to find images for reasonable use. In fact, some people commented about this subject on the talk page and their information is useful. If I understood correctly, images can be requested on the talk page itself.

Talk page evaluation
In the conversation page you can see that the article is a part of the WikiProject Anime and manga and has been rated as "Stub-Class" on the project quality scale and "Low-importance" on the project importance scale. There are three comments from 2007. The first is a compliment to the anime and how much he loves its accuracy with the original work. The second and third are connected, with the third being a response to the second about the use of images in the article.

Overall evaluation (impressions)
Overall, the article needs a lot of improvement and that is reflected in its low ratings. As stated before, it currently has been rated as "Stub-Class" on the project quality scale and "Low-importance" on the project importance scale. These classifications are fair but do not have to be permanent if the necessary changes are made.

First thing is to add references and sources in their corresponding places. In a matter of veracity, it will help to search on official websites such as the study in which it was created and to contact the producers or someone who worked on it directly. If they are going to use the references already placed, they should only use them as a resource for annotations, not copy and paste the content. After this, they could elaborate and add more on the aspects that I highlighted in the "Content evaluation", add images without copyright, and improve the organization of the page especially the characters table and the list of episodes.

By following these steps, I am sure that the article will receive a boost that will make it go up in both categories.

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