User:2Fasttoofurious/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Perdue Farms

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose Perdue farms because I already have some background knowledge on how the chicken industry is problematic. I have some knowledge on how Perdue farms treat their chicken and how that affects the environment in the wildlife aspect, but I wanted to learn more about how the chicken industry affects the overall global climate. I know that the meat industry overall significantly negatively impacts the global climate, and I want to learn how the chicken industry, specifically Perdue farms, affects the global climate.

This matters because I feel like not enough people talk about this industry compared to how they talk about the meat (cow) industry. It is an important aspect of the company, and I feel like more people should know and thus hold these companies accountable.

My first impression is that the article is relatively short. It provides some basic historical context and briefly goes over some of the environmental impacts the company has.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is incredibly short. It briefly introduces the company and uses the company's name multiple times. It does not include any of the major sections that are going to be talked about at all. It feels like a brief introduction that talks about what the company is. The Lead is too overly concise. It feels like it is lacking a lot and does not provide anything substantial to the article.

The content of the article seems a little outdated. The most recent topic of discussion was set in 2017 which was six years ago. There are no updates after that. The article also seems lacking in the sense that it goes very in depth for the history of the company and only briefly describes what happens today. It does not seem that this article discusses any of Wikipedia's equity gaps. It focuses almost entirely on the CEO's of the company and does not go in depth for any of the different aspects of a company. I think one interesting aspect that could have gone more in depth is the antibiotic labels and why they strived to get rid of their antibiotics. A little more context would have made more sense.

The tone and balance of the article seems incredibly neutral. There are no "heavy" words that make readers want to side one way or the other. The only section that seems a little less neutral is that of the criticisms. They use words like "slaughter," when describing how Perdue treats their chickens. At the same time, they use words like "allegedly" when describing the lawsuits Perdue was involved in. This shows neutrality.

The sources seem relatively reliable. After looking through some of the references, I wonder the relevance. I saw one of the references titled "Perdue farms confirm 118 employees laid off." I did not read anything about that in the article, so I wonder if parts were picked from the sources to fit specific sections and fit a specific narrative. Also, most of the articles are news coverages on the topic except for a few articles from archives to give historical context of the story. I saw a few sources from 2021, but I don't see where in the articles they fit.

The article is separated into sections and subsections, especially in the history section. All the subsections under the history section are concise and well-written. The other sections Perdue Today and Criticisms are just one big section. I think that those two sections could be split into subsections especially the Criticisms section. There are two topics discussed in the Criticisms section that could be split into two. The article talks about lawsuits, and how Perdue treats their chickens. I feel like that can be split into two.

There are no images except for the image of the logo in the little box on the right. It looks like a high quality image and is important in identifying the company. Other than that, there are no images. There is also nothing in the talk page. The article is not part of any of the WikiProjects and rated start class, low importance on all of the projects.

Overall, the article is in start class meaning it is in preliminary status and has a lot of room for improvement. The strengths of the article is that it is neutral and seems like it is well-sourced, but it is lacking on a lot of important information and more can be added. I think the article is significantly underdeveloped where the history section has a lot of information but other topics like Perdue today and Criticisms are lacking. Also there are only three sections total.