User:ZionMoore/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Darko Suvin

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article because this person is a scholar for utopian studies. This is a subject i am and always have been interested in.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section is very well written. It includes a good introductory sentence about Suvin, and it tells his name, titles, and relevant but also notable achievements and works. It seems to be fairly concise, and there is not an excess of information in this section.

Content

This article is well balanced. It is short, and it could potentially use some additional information in some sections, but it is very well balanced. It puts equal weight on his early life and his works, and that is good because this article is about him, not his works. The information is relevant and up to date. The article does not really deal with an underrepresented group because the article is not really about someone or something in that group. The person was of Jewish decent, and they were historically discriminated against. This may be a part of the equity group.

Tone and Balance

This article is very neutral toned. There is no bias for or against any group. No group was over or underrepresented. There does not seem to be any sort of persuasion going on that I can detect. It is all just presentation of information. Even the mention of his Jewish background is unbiased. It is just presented. The only opinion in the article is an opinion of the subject of this article himself. There is also a brief mention of nazi propaganda, but it was presented in a neutral tone.

Sources and References

There are only 8 sources in the citations list. The links and everything work. The sources are very recent, from the last 20 years or so. The sources are very relevant, but it would have been nice to have a larger number of supporting sources for things. There are a variety of authors, some are from the subject himself. There are not many other sources available, so the authors did well with what they had.

Organization and writing quality

The article was fairly easy for me to read. There was no excessively complex wording, and it was very professional. I did not find any spelling or grammatical errors, but some titles were in another language. I cannot interpret those titles. The sectioning was also very helpful and easy to follow.

Images and Media

There are no images or other types of media.

Talk Page

The talk page is very sparse. The only thing mentioned was the addition of an external source.

Overall

The article is very well written. The main thing that could be improved is additional sources if they become readily available. Additions of image of Suvin would make the article more interesting and add to my understanding of the struggles he went through as a child. Otherwise, the article is very well developed.

Zion, Since you are interested in utopian studies, you might want to write about the converse, Latinx distopian literature. There's a ton of work there to be done.