User:Weishahd/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Claude Lévi-Strauss - Wikipedia

Why have you chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because this person relates to anthropology. ￼

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

- The lead has a good introductory sentence that is concise and easy for the reader to understand the topic. It touches on some of the article's major topics, but I felt like the lead paragraphs were a little random and unorganized.

Content

- The article touched on all of the important topics, and everything was relevant. The topics of "Anthropological Theories" and "Structuralist Approach to Myth" were the longest and most detailed, which makes sense since they are the most important. The topic of "Personal Life" at the end, was short and random and should be deleted, more detailed, or moved into the "Biography" topic.

Tone and Balance

- The article is neutral and gives examples of both support and criticism from people of his time. There were a lot more positive comments about him, but I did not feel persuaded to like or dislike him.

Sources and References

- The article needs more than 6 sources. For example, the "Anthropological Theories" topic lacked the right number of sources. There were also many occasions where "clarification needed" and "citation needed" were placed after sentences. A lot of the sources were made before 2010 and are fairly outdated. There were a lot of references though, in which they were very diverse.

Organization and Writing Quality

- For the most part, the article is concise and easy to read, but for the longer topics, it was harder to follow. There were also a lot of grammar errors. The topics are good, except there are two topics on "The Savage Mind" that are both short enough to be made into one.

Images and Media

- There are images that enhance the quality and understanding of the topic, but it could use one or two more. They are mostly well captioned. The first diagram caption should stop after "kinship" and the second diagram needs a caption. The images do adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk Page Discussion

- There were comments about the organization and eternal links. I, along with other people, agree the structure of the article could be better. A couple people also fixed or modified external links. Someone also fixed inaccurate information in the article. It is rated a C-class level 4 vital article. It is a part of many WikiProjects: WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Anthropology, WikiProject Philosophy, WikiProject Linguistics, WikiProject Mythology, and WikiProject France. We have not specifically talked about him in class, but it defers because in class we usually have a story or longer details about the subject, where on Wikipedia, it is more straight up information.

Overall Impressions

- I agree with the articles rating because it is good, but not great. The structure of the article needs to be improved. It also needs better more recent sources, and too many sources were from Wikipedia. The content is fine, it just needs to be edited and refined. I think it is underdeveloped, but with just a few more additions and organizing, it can be well-developed in no time.