User:Mariahcruz27/Feminism and racism/Mharmon0718 Peer Review

Peer review

Complete your peer review exercise below, providing as much constructive criticism as possible. The more detailed suggestions you provide, the more useful it will be to your classmate. Make sure you consider each of the following aspects:

Lead

Guiding questions:

Has the Lead been updated to reflect the new content added by your peer?
Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

Guiding questions:

Is the content added relevant to the topic?
Is the content added up-to-date?
Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions:

Is the content added neutral?
Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
Does the content added attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

Guiding questions:

Is all new content backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
Does the content accurately reflect what the cited sources say? (You'll need to refer to the sources to check this.)
Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
Are the sources current?
Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
Are there better sources available, such as peer-reviewed articles in place of news coverage or random websites? (You may need to do some digging to answer this.)
Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

Guiding questions:

Is the content added well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
Does the content added have any grammatical or spelling errors?
Is the content added well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

Guiding questions: If your peer added images or media

Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
Are images well-captioned?
Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

For New Articles Only

If the draft you're reviewing is for a new article, consider the following in addition to the above.

Does the article meet Wikipedia's Notability requirements - i.e. Is the article supported by 2-3 reliable secondary sources independent of the subject?
How exhaustive is the list of sources? Does it accurately represent all available literature on the subject?
Does the article follow the patterns of other similar articles - i.e. contain any necessary infoboxes, section headings, and any other features contained within similar articles?
Does the article link to other articles so it is more discoverable?

Overall impressions

Guiding questions:

Has the content added improved the overall quality of the article - i.e. Is the article more complete?
What are the strengths of the content added?
How can the content added be improved?

Examples of good feedback

A good article evaluation can take a number of forms. The most essential things are to clearly identify the biggest shortcomings, and provide specific guidance on how the article can be improved.

Peer review of "Homemaking"
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Additional Resources

Check out the Editing Wikipedia PDF for general editing tips and suggestions.

General info[edit]

Whose work are you reviewing?

(Mariahcruz27)

Link to draft you're reviewing
Feminism and racism
Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)

Evaluate the drafted changes[edit]

The lead does have a strong overview of what the article will be talking about. I would just take out some of the wording that seem more expressive such as “highly” in the first sentence where feminism and racism are intertwined concepts, it can come off on a not so neutral tone. I also read in the sandbox of Transnational feminism, which was not in the article but I think it should be since that is also considered another form of feminism. Otherwise, the wording of the paragraph and citations in the lead are all up to date as well as, the links to other wiki knowledge pages. Within the content frame, the user did add some updated sources that were related to this topic. Feminism and racism are topics that are usually updated often since these topics that are continuing to grow and gain more knowledge. A lot of the references are from the 1990’s and early 2000’s which I believe could be updated with more information as well as some of the terms being used. I noticed in the Talk page that another user mentioned a lot of the wording being a little biased, which I can still see in some of the paragraphs. While this user did not use any bias, whoever created the article certainly had a few sentences that were. There was also a lot of relation to how women of color are compared to that of white women, I maybe would take out a couple sentences that focused more on the experiences of white women and the comparisons to other women of color. In the intersectionality portion I would also link the wiki page and mention that the theory was brought up by Kimberlé Crenshaw, since this is a very important concept for feminism and racism.

I was a little confused about a couple of the references and sources because certain sentences had about 3 or 4 citations and some of the links did not work. Such as, with the example “However, when it became clear that the right to vote would only be given along race (i.e., to white women) or gender (Black men) lines, white women began to use racist tactics to argue against giving Black men suffrage.: 59 .” I maybe would just clean it up a little bit so that there is a better understanding of which reference they are in relation too. There is also still a few of the citations that have not been added yet that state “citation needed.” Overall, you did a great job with your lead and while in your sandbox I saw you talking more about Transnational Feminism I think you should also add that into the article because that is a newer and important topic that is related to both feminism and racism. Just fix a couple of the grammar issues within that paragraph and it should be good to post.