User:Aidan.Teague/Evaluate an Article

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Berea College v. Kentucky - Wikipedia

Why have you chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it details and important court case involving the college I attend.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

The article's lead section is concise, only being two sentences but still containing enough content to adequately introduce/provide a light description of the court case. Having a very straightforward tone the section wastes no time, containing an introductory sentence that effectively describes just what the case is.

Content:

The content of the article is also concise. This being a court decision decided in early 20th century there isn't much to be updated on, however it does mention the court ruling that amend the Day Law and how Brown v.s. Board of Education superseded the Day Law all together. The topic, being about a court case involving a Intergrated school's struggle for existence does indeed represent an underrepresented topic, epically considering certain laws that wish to ban discussion of these topics in classrooms.

Tone and Balance:

The article is very balanced. There is no favoritism/demonization of either side involved in this conflict, the article only describes events, important figures, and their historical relevance/significance.

Sources and References:

Although the list of sources may seem short, they are adequate for the concise article they are in reference to. All the source's links work and lead you to the correct source. The article does make use of primary sources as opposed to secondary sources, which may go against Wikipedia's suggestions, but I believe that in this case (being a strait forward article defining what the case is and not its extensive impacts) the references to the primary sources are acceptable. None of the listed sources on this page seem misleading at all.

Organization and Writing Quality:

The writing is concise and of high quality. Although its exceptionally informative, it's also easy to both read and comprehend thanks to its lack of unnecessary diction and grammatical errors. Its organization is also very straightforward.

Images and Media:

The article unfortunately doesn't include any images, only including the Supreme Court's insignia. There aren't many images of this court case out there to be fair, so maybe this was done to maintain its strait forward tone, but regardless visual aids would be a benefit to this article.

Talk Page Discussion:

The talk page lacks discussion and was more so used as an announcement page. There are only two contributions, one modifying the article's tone, and the other fixing the external links. I expected the talk page to read more like a conversation board, but I suppose there isn't much conversation to be had there.

Overall Impressions:

The article is a very good entry describing a specific court case involving Berea College and its struggle to remain an integrated school in the south. Although the addition of images could improve the article, I don't believe the lack of images takes away from its quality. Overall, this is a good Wikipedia article.