User:Simplygrey/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Black women in the American music industry

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 to evaluate because in my course this is the topic I'm most excited to explore. I chose this article specifically because I felt as if it did a great job informing the reader but I did notice the flags and felt like it good be a good article to breakdown and evaluate in order to make it better. I also, believe this article was worth evaluating because I felt like it could be used as a references or the basis of other articles closely related to this topic like Hip-Hop feminism.

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.)

The lead of this article briefly mentions what is going to be talked about in the article. It mainly is used by the writer to discuss the historical facts of the topic. Although the lead doesn't truly include unnecessary information I still think it could've mentioned the other subtopics a bit more so that people know what they are reading about related to black women in the music industry.

I would suggest to remove Hip-Hop feminism from under the category of R&B and its decadents in the article. I think Hip-Hop feminism is strong concept that black women in he American music industry have a true grasp of and it shouldn't be grouped with a the background and black women's influence in R&B and Rap. The content of this article is strong and relevant to the topic. I like how the writer includes the description of black women in all aspects of the music industry as artists, subject, and video vixen.

There are no heavy claims that stand out those me as biased or positioned. I think since it is coming from a minority viewpoint is can been viewed as a personal reflection but personal I do not receive that tone from the article.

The article does have a good array of reliable sources from videos and other articles. The writers seems to mainly use magazine articles when discussing specific individuals which can raise red flags to readers if not used carefully.

The article only includes 2 images and one is only well captioned. The other includes a wiki link but I believe the the writer should have still included a detailed caption.

This articles talk page does not include any discussion about the article except for one persons removal of a section. This article was rated a start class and is part of the media Wikiprojects. Wikipedia describes this article as low-importance. But when we discuss this topic in class it is a detailed and dominant discussion because music is such a universal language that its significant to everyone in the room.

Overall the article is underdeveloped but the topic is of great importance it just needs more information added in all sections of the article. The article has a strong foundation but with more examples and clear focus on one genre would strengthen it.