User:Amt1997/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Environmental impact of iron ore mining

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate because this article is important in addressing the impacts of iron ore mining and the effects it contributes towards the environment. Additionally, it is necessary to include up-to-date information, since this article is classified as a C-class mining article and therefore requires further improvement for providing sufficient information, and to broaden this topic to a worldwide scope. Furthermore, I hope my contribution to this article increases my deeper understanding towards the effects on water quality, air quality, and biological species.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

The lead section includes a fairly explained introduction that describes the definition of an iron ore. Although the descriptions are limited and not described in-depth, the lead section does in fact include a brief description of the article's major sections. The article includes relevant information, the lead is concise and provides a brief overview, however, it is a limited one. The links associated with the major sections do work and can help the reader track the information when needed.

Content

The article's content is relevant to the topic but is limited. The content is not up-to-date and requires significant improvements that is missing, such as additional areas and locations (e.g. countries, cities) that are heavily affected in iron ore mining. There is a lack of information provided towards the topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics.

Tone and Balance

The article is fairly maintaining a neutral stand point, when discussing the various impacts of iron ore mining. There are claims such as issues that come to support the impacts of iron ore mining and therefore, the article provides an environmental assessment, like the infrastructure projects that should be carried out in a sustainable manner to support and tackle any issues affecting the natural, social, or economic environment.

Sources and References

Majority of the facts included in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information, that is openly available with working links. However, some sources in the reference section are not available or are not efficient enough for reflecting on the available literature on the topic such as [1], [2] and [3]. Some sources are some what current compared to others, and majority of the sources do not include a diverse spectrum of authors. There are definitely better sources out there that can be linked to the information provided in the article, with more details covering the in-depth impacts of some countries or areas affected in regards to iron ore mining. Majority of the links do not provide sufficient information regarding the issues of iron ore mining, and furthermore, some links do no work and an "Error" message pops up, such as reference [8].

Organization and writing quality

The article is well-written, concise and easy to read. It flows well with no grammatical or spelling errors. The article is well-organized, however there are room for improvements, such as including sub-sections.

Images and Media

The article includes few small-sized images that do not enhance the understanding of the topic and the images are not well-captioned for a better understanding. The images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations but are not properly cited. The images are fairly apart but do not necessary look visually appealing.

Talk page discussion

There are no conversations going on behind the scenes about how to represent the topic. The article is within the scope of WikiProject Mining and has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale, and has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. We have yet, to discuss this topic in class.

Overall Impressions

The overall status of the article is decent, but definitely requires additional information to improve the article's status. The strengths of the article is, that it provides beneficial information about the issues of the impact of iron ore mining, such as brief descriptions about air quality and acid rock drainage. The article also provides an environmental assessment to provide assistance to help the environment if needed. The article can be improved by adding better resources to support the findings and also provide up-to-date information regarding these issues in various countries and not just focusing in one area. The article itself is underdeveloped in certain findings, and could be improved such as broadening to a worldwide scope.