User:Aharlfinger/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose it because I thought it would be the easiest to edit as a first timer as I attend this school. It matters to me because I want my school to be represented the proper way and with the right information. My preliminary impression of it was that it definitely needed some major edits, especially in the set up of the article.

Lead Section
The lead section could definitely use some work. It's quite small and concise, but in a way that doesn't have enough information. This could use some major edits.

Content
The article's content is relevant to the topic, but is not up-to-date. There are many parts of the content that could be changed to fit the narrative better and a lot of missing updates.

Tone and Balance
The article is written more like an advertisement, so I wouldn't confidently say it is written with a neutral point of view. There aren't heavy biases other than "advertising the school".

Sources and References
The sources do not have a variety of authors. Most of the sources actually come from the UMass Dartmouth website, which definitely has a bias. Some of the links are missing information, but majority of the link are working.

Organization and writing quality
The article is written in a weird format/outline. It is easy to read, but at the same time it feels odd.

Images and Media
The images used are good images, but there could definitely be more. I believe they do follow Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk Page discussion
Much of the talk page was arguments about what was right or wrong. There were some discussion on actual edits, but I feel like they didn't do enough. The page is definitely a part of a WikiProject.

Overall Impressions
The overall status is quite low and unfinished. The article states at the top many of the errors that need to be corrected and the talk page reveals many issues that need to be reviewed. I believe it was poorly developed.