User:Tracy zhang322/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)

Gender studies - Wikipedia

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 it beause it relates to my course GSWS322. It matters because it introduces the basics of gender studies. My preliminary impression of it was that there were a lot of words and sections.

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.)

Lead Section

The lead section has the introductory sentence and define the topic clearly. The description does not include all the major section of the topic. It lacks of the criticism part. Also, the whole lead section is overly detailed.

Content

The content is relevant to the topic and up-to-date, but it still lacks some aspects of the topic.

Tone and Balance

Neutral point of view.

Sources and References

Many of the sources are current. However, some of a them are not availabe any more.

Organization and Writing QualityThis is article is well organized and divided to clear sections. There are not many grammatical errors.

Images and Media

Useful images are lacked.Talk Page Discussion

The discussion clearly points out the main shortcomings of this article. It is a part of Wikiprojects. Rated C-class.

The discussion in Wikipedia is more straight on article's shortcomings than the discussion we usually have in class.

Overall Impression

This article is well organized on structure. However, it is poorly develped on content relate the topic. It needs a shorter lead section and more sections talking about related aspects of the topic Gender Studies.