User:YOUWIN fka/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Remix cultureYOUWIN fka (talk) 03:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

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.)

It is C class but High importance. I feel like it has enough information to give direction but enough room to make some contribution. I feel comfortable enough with the topic that I can work with it.YOUWIN fka (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2021 (UTC).

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 topic is defined and identified. It is clear but short. Heavily informed by Lawrence Lessig's work. Maybe needs more balance with this. I think this needs to be examined more closely. Also, the information on Lessig is confusing.

CONTENT: Content is relevant and might address some content/inequity gaps, however, there may need to be more detail in some of the categories. Some sections are very brief. This results in the appearance of greater importance in some areas over others. Section on Intertwining of media cultures is short. There are some awkward sentences see " Since media culture consumers start to look at art and content as something that can be repurposed or recreated therefore making them the producer." which could use a rewrite. Section on Effects on artists is short. This could definitely be more developed with information on copyrights or access to information for artists or use of others' work. Copyright and remixing for disability services could use some examples of how this remixing is executed for different groups (pictures). Domains of remixing: Folklore and vocal traditions has some awkward construction see "All folk tales, folk songs, folk art, folk poetry, etc. was revised constantly through the folk process." which is relying on links to convey meaning. "Cooking recipes might be among the oldest knowledge of mankind which was inherited further and shared unrestricted for adaption and improvement. " is another awkward sentence which could use some editing for clarity. Even though "vocal traditions" is listed in the description, there is not much of anything noted about this topic. Need to look up some references but I would think there is a lot about oral histories as a remix cultural phenomenon. Software and other digital goods section has other strange sentences "In the 2000s the video game industry noticed the potential and supports often mod makers actively with modding kits." and "GitHub helped since 2008 further the collaborative software development in remix style, especially web development." These could benefit from some rewrites. Music and Remixing in Religion fairly short and could be better developed. The History section is missing a lot of the background of remixing. Need some additional references and more well-rounded history here. Overall, the article gives a pretty clear overview and discussion of what remix culture is. There is room to make it better with more clear descriptions and more visuals if available.

TONE AND BALANCE: Overall the tone appears fairly neutral. There is some heavy weighing in of Lessig's work in the Lead section, as previously indicated. If there are minority or fringe viewpoints, they are not clearly indicated. This will need further investigation.

SOURCES AND REFERENCE: Most citations are pre-2020 so there may be some room for updating. There are no references in sub sections : Graphic arts, Internet and web 2.0. Should there be? If so, look into and add references. And the subsection Analog era has very few references considering the section is a decent length.

ORGANIZATION AND WRITING: The article is pretty clearly organized. Some areas are represented separately (Copyright for disability service and Copyright) and this should be examined- do they need to be in separate areas, is there overlap? Also, the section Effects on Artists overlaps with some other subsections of Domains- again, should they be separated or is there too much overlap?

IMAGES AND MEDIA: There are several areas which could benefit some images to help illustrate the topic. Copyright and remixing for disability services is one which is vague and a few images could help to clarify the types of remixing that occurs. Some areas have numerous pictures which do help to bring the areas to life. Domains of remixing is one area where the images are clear and well captioned in the first part of the section, but lacking in the last half.

TALK PAGE DISCUSSION: The talk page is very outdated, with one recent post from January of 2020. This article is part of several wikiprojects. The most recent revision was September of 2020.YOUWIN fka (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2021 (UTC) The talk page is also very limited. There has not been a lot of discussion about this page. Many topics have no chatter. Other areas have editor who have broached topic but there has not been a reply or discussion from anyone. Most discussion took place in 2016 so there is room here to examine updates and new information that may be out there for references.YOUWIN fka (talk) 02:20, 18 February 2021 (UTC)