User:Stellingkm/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Women in geology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have come across this article several times while looking for stories of notable people to incorporate into geoscience outreach activities, I decided to review it because I believe there are ways it could be expanded that would make it a better resource for readers.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The introductory sentence does concisely state what the article is about, however the rest of the lead section goes into detail about several topics that are not expanded upon in the body of the article.

Content

The article primarily lists a timeline of accomplishments for women in geology and provides a list of notable scientists, however it does not go into any more detail about the subject. The content appears to be relatively up to date (the most recent point on the timeline is from 2016), however, it could definitely be updated and expanded. The article also does not discuss the the impacts of other marginalized identities on women in geology.

Tone and Balance

The lead section of the was written in a neutral tone, however the rest of the article is in list format.

Sources and References

Several of the statements in the lead section and many of the listed notable women are not cited. The links I checked all worked.

Organization and writing quality

The lead section of the article is poorly organized and could be written with more professional language. The rest of the article is split into two lists, the timeline of women in geology is well organized, but the list of notable women geologists could benefit from being organized into sub-disciplines for easier reading purposes.

Images and Media

There are currently no images in the article, but I think it could benefit from one. If the article is expanded, it should definitely include images.

Talk Page Discussion

There is no Talk Page discussion for this article, however, it was part of a Wiki Ed course at BYU-Idaho in 2017 and it appears there have been several edits since it was initially created. This article is part of the Geology (list-class, mid-importance), Women's History (start-class, high-importance), and Women scientists (list-class, high-importance) WikiProjects.

Overall ImpressionsI think this article has the potential to be an excellent resource for readers, however it is currently under-developed. It needs to be expanded to include more background information about the history of women in geology and should also delve into the history of women who have additional marginalized identities (see: "No progress on diversity in 40 Years" by Bernard and Cooperdock, 2018). Additional sections could be included to address the aforementioned topics, in addition to sections for more information on women in individual disciplines within the geosciences.