User:Zhulander/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Xiaolongbao

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article, because Xiaolongbao is something that I personally know quite well. I have eaten this food many times, and I've also never seen this wikipedia page before!

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 was good, giving a short overview of the topic, and also clearing up any possible confusion with the topic at hand. I think it is relatively concise, however, it probably could be shortened more. Lead section does not include a brief discussion of the articles major sections.

Content

Content is also pretty good, providing a history of the food, along with different variations of it, and regional differences. Only critique is that there is a dead link. The content is relevant to the topic at hand, and also addresses a historically underrepresented topic.

Tone and Balance

Tone and balance is neutral, not biased. There does seem to be less information on Shanghai xiaolongbao, however.

Sources

There are quite a few sources, and it appears that more than half are from the past 5 years, which means it is quite a current page. On top of that, some links are to Chinese/Taiwanese websites, and some accredited travel websites. No academic articles however, but not sure if that is relevant/possible with this topic?

Organization

Well written, well organized. Easy to read, and concise.

Images/Media

Images make sense, for the most part well sourced, well captioned. Only issue is the main pic for this page does not depict Xiaolongbao, that depicts Baozi, which needs to be fixed.

Talk Page

Much discussion on this page, conversations on what is relevant, what is not, what is correct, what isn't is all quite interesting. There is quite a bit of debate between 'mantou' and 'bao' and what means what. It is a part of 3 projects: food and drink, China, and Hong Kong.

It is rated stub class, and of low importance

Overall Impressions

Gives concise overview on XLB, what it is and how it is created, but there is arguably not enough researched information on this page. People tend to conflate and confuse this dumpling with other foods, and this should be addressed/clarified better.