Talk:Ben Watson (politician)

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American Government Peer Review
Hey! This page is really well done for a first time wiki page. There are a few improvements that could be made to make it even better, but overall I think this page is well done.

To begin, good job with your introductory. It's short, sweet, and to the point. It lets the reader know who Ben Watson is, what Ben Watson does, and what party Ben Watson is apart of. Those are all important things that a person would want to know when first looking at a politician's wiki page, so good job with that. The table of contents section looks good and is in the right place too! One thing I would change about the introduction section is that I would attempt to move the infobox up to the top right rather than its current location. The infobox shares important information to the reader and is important to have it easily visible when someone first opens the page.

Good job on the "Background and Education" section of the page. It shares the necessary information, although sounds a little bit choppy at times. It could maybe use a little work in that respect, but that's a very minor issue. On the "career" section, eliminate the first sentence. Starting with a sentence that says "Ben's career is pretty easy to follow" is invoking your own opinion on the topic. We want this to be a purely factional article, so eliminate any sentences that cast your opinion on the reader. Otherwise, this section looks pretty good. I would suggest maybe adding some hyperlinks that lead to other Wikipedia articles instead of purely external sources. But that's an easy addition. I would make the "Elections" section of the article more engaging for the audience. If possible, try to find the election results and put them in a visually appealing table. Include the day that Ben Watson won in this section, the opponent he beat, and the total number of votes received. I'm confident these results are available in Ballotpedia and you should use them to improve the article.

To conclude, this is a great base for this article! It's clear that you worked hard to try to make this page easy to use and visually appealing for your audience. However, there are some minor changes that could be made that would make this article even better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remynewton7 (talk • contribs) 20:54, 8 May 2020 (UTC)