User:Sophiegmuvic/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gender studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to look at Gender studies because it is often misrepresented or misunderstood. Have in a factual Wikipedia page which features all aspects of the field helps to educate many on the vastness of the subject.

Evaluate the article
The beginning of the article is strong and factual. It comprehensively describes the definition of Gender studies and the multiple disciplines it overlaps with.

I found the content fairly shallow on the topic. When looking at the History section under Development of Theory, it is lacking many important events and figures in its history. The content also doesn't contain more updated information about current events happening within the field.

The majority of the article I found fairly imparcial. Though I did note that the criticism section is rather large in proportion; criticism is important in looking at any field, but it would be interesting to also read of the positive outcomes or current prominent figures from the field.

The majority of sources tended to be from respectable institutions and journals.

There was only one image included in the article, and it was one of a protest of Gender studies ideology. I thought it was odd that the only image included is one that goes directly against the topic. There should be more images added to better serve the article in the representation of the subject.

The sort of conversations occurring on the Talk page is mostly just criticism of the wording of certain sections, but there is notably some very hateful comments about the subject. It was fairly shocking to read a specific comment that was a tirade against gender studies as a whole, including many sexist and homophobic undertones. This sort of hate speech should not be allowed on wikipedia, though the comment was flagged it was noted by another user as "quite constructive."

My overall impression of the article is that it does fairly well covering some basic facts about the subject matter but could be updated to include more.

~