User:Slothgirl03/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Orientalism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I recently had an assigned reading that discussed Orientalism in my course. My preliminary impression is that this article is well-written and has a large quantity of information.

Evaluate the article
The lead does include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the topic of the article. The lead did not reference pop culture or religion, which are major sections within the article. The lead does not include information that is not present in the article. The lead is very concise.

The article's content is relevant to the topic. The content is up to date. There is no missing content or content that does not belong.

The article is neutral. There are no claims that appear heavily biased. There are no viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented. The article does not attempt to persuade the reader.

All facts are backed up by a reliable source. The sources are thorough. The sources are current. The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors. The links do work.

The article is well written. There are no grammatical or spelling errors. The article is well organized.

The article does include images that enhance understanding of the topic. The images are well captioned. The images do adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. The images are laid out in a visually appealing way.

The talk page discusses adding more artists, and there is some discussion implying left-leaning political ideas are unnecessarily included in the article. This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This article is part of numerous WikiProjects. Some of the discussion in this topic's talk page is very confrontational.

I believe that this article is fairly well written, but that some small changes could be made to the lead to better lay out the main points of the article, and that the article has further room for development.