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Article Evaluation: History of Bisexuality

• Name of article: History of bisexuality
• This is a C-class rated article in WikiProject Sociology, WikiProject Sexology and Sexuality, WikiProject LGBT studies, and WikiProject Philosophy. It is an child article of the parent article Bisexuality. There is a message on top of the article page by Wikipedia stating that the neutrality of this article is disputed".

Lead Paragraph

• The lead began with "This is an article about...", which is a filler sentence that needs to be edited as the title already shows what this Wikipedia article is about. The introductory paragraph seems like a paragraph from a op-ed the author wrote instead of a neutral POV introduction for Wikipedia. Most of he information included are either unrelated to the topic or not mentioned again in the article. The claims made in the introduction (i.e. "non-heterosexuality being seen as less worthy than heterosexuality") are strongly opinionated and are not supported by any facts or references.
  • Suggestions:
    • Some words and phrases might introduce biased or unsupported claims: "in many cultures", "absolutely", "in many cases", "arguably", "researchers". Edit these words or rephrase the sentences by stating more facts instead of opinions.
    • The lead paragraph should include an overview of the structure and main topics, especially for article about history in different parts of the world and different periods of time.

Organization

• In general, there is an imbalance of topics and contents covered in this article. For example, in "Ancient Japan" section, the texts includes more factual information and references although POV issues are still present, however, in "Ancient Greece" and "Ancient Rome" sections, the tone is too assertive without adequate support from different sources. Besides, the section "Freud and Jung" should not be parallel with sections about ancient civilizations as their theory only represents a western, psychoanalytical point of view in 20th century United States.
  • Suggestions:
    • The "Timeline of bisexual history" section represents neither the world history of bisexuality nor the ancient history of bisexuality (the time before the word "bisexuality" was coined). Besides, it reiterates most of the content in the section for U.S. history of bisexuality. Therefore, the content should be edited to avoid reiteration and/or the name should be edited to avoid misleading readers. (some ideas on the name: "The Timeline of U.S. Bisexual History", "The Timeline of Modern Bisexual History", or "The Timeline of U.S. Bisexuality Movement History")
    • Freud and Jung's theory is over represented in this article while other views on bisexuality are not presented. Different views and theory of bisexuality throughout history should also be given some weight as Freud's. It might be best to create a section for "history of theorizing bisexuality" and present works by different people on bisexuality.

Source and Reference

• Most of the sources can be accessed. A majority of the sources cited are either news articles or articles retrieved from some magazines. The article seems to rely heavily on sources from one source BiNetUSA, referencing its articles more than 50 times. There is also a general lack of historical sources regarding bisexual history in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Japan compared to the vast majority of sources related to U.S. Bisexual movement history.

Note: this is the version I reviewed. (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:History_of_bisexuality&oldid=808769884)