User:Aaa564/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Eugenics in the United States

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Our group is interested in this topic for our class assignment, given our in class discussion on the medical-industrial complex and its history with eugenics. It was rated as a start-class article with needing a lot of work, so we thought it would be a good candidate for our class project.

Evaluate the article
The lead sentence gives a brief and concise idea of what the article is about. However, the lead section does not contain an overview of the sections in this article. Overall, the lead section is a bit wordy, but it does not contain anything that is not covered in the article.

The content included covers a lot of ground, but there are still some gaps. Specifically, there is nothing about disability-selective abortion, forced sterilizations in prisons, and there could be more information on race-mixing laws. It does address topics related to historically misrepresented groups. More up to date information could be added, specifically regarding ICE detainment centers.

The tone feels pretty neutral. The article focuses heavily on forced sterilization, which is a major part of this topic, but more information could be added about the history and other topics to make it more balanced.

Throughout the article, there are missing citations. Further, some of the citations used are not strong secondary sources. The links that I tried did work. There are better peer-reviewed articles that could be used as sources.

The article overall is wordy and lacks clarity in certain sections. There are some grammatical errors throughout. The overall flow of the article is logical and easy to follow.

The images used are helpful to the article.

The talk page is very active. Many people feel this article is biased, but they do not elaborate as to why. This article has been a part of many course assignments, with the most recent being in 2022. The article is rated start-class and is of high-importance to the Human Rights Wikiproject.

The article overall needs some work. The articles strengths include the number and variety of articles linked to create connections between topics. Also, the flow of the article is strong. The article has content gaps, the writing is not always clear and concise, and some citations are missing or not strong secondary sources. Addressing these would strengthen the article. Currently, the article is underdeveloped.