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Portrayal of women in American comics

• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
  • I found everything to be relevant and interesting. Though it is a bit repetitive since it basically includes a timeline of important developments and characters with a summary of their importance and then a summary of their importance.
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  • I'd say the "The Modern Age of Comic Books" really needs to address the recent efforts to increase inclusivity, representation and diversity that has resulted in the wave of new characters and especially Marvel's new interest in creating legacy characters of underrepresented backgrounds like Riri Williams. And also that when these new characters receive their own runs, they often receive great critical acclaim, but then are ultimately canceled for poor sales.
• What else could be improved?
  • There are simple little improvements and expansions that can be made, but what needs the most attention is probably the "Modern Age of Comic Books" simply because it does not seem to have been kept up to date
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  • The article has the banner that it might not be balanced, but I would say it's over all a very technical and unbiased treatment of the subject matter.
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
  • I feel it actually does a fairly good job of reflecting multiple viewpoints, in its treatment of the sexualization of female character for example it is sure to include the very real corresponding trends in the sexualization of men.
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
  • All the link's I checked worked and were supportive of the claims they were making (though a few I found to be less than my standard of academically respectable).
• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
  • It is well sourced, but considering the sources are all clearly feminist works I suppose it could be construed as biased.
• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
  • I was surprised by how civil and informative the talk page for this given the resistance there often is to admit to either the mistreatment of women in comics or the power of women in comics. I expected more incendiary debates. Even the topic that I felt was under discussed (the crippling of Barbra Gordon) was expertly addressed in the Talk page, and I'm unsure why it's on on the article proper.
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  • I can't find the rating or the list of WikiProjects but I know topics on both comics and women in general were listed when I was first looking at potential topics
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  • We have not touched on this specific topic so much in class. I suppose we have in the sense of discussing the understanding of women's roles but we focus more on what women were expected to be and the article offers more of what women were NOT expected to be.

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Portrayal of women in American comics

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