User:AttackWorm22/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Hospitality management studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article, because it is a topic that relates to the topics within FCS and because this article has multiple issues that need to be addressed. This article would be important to update, because hospitality management studies is a dynamic field within FCS, and deserves to be well represented in order to be better understood. When I first came across the page, I was fairly shocked at how little information was contained within the article. The page also has a banner at the top that indicates that the page has quite a few issues that need to be resolved, and is not as credible as it could be as it needs more sources. I also chose this page, because I am majoring in hospitality management, and it is something I would be interested in updating and adding credibility to.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The introductory sentence is almost a bit too concise. It provides a link to the hospitality industry, but I believe that it could have been described in a way that does not require a link. There is not a brief description of the main sections in the lead section, instead, the lead section is dedicated to listing the alternative names for hospitality degrees as well as the scope of hospitality management. The lead does not include information not located in the article, rather, it provides a fairly concise overview.

Content: The content is relevant to the article, and was last updated of January this year. The article appears to be extremely concise, and in my opinion, could use more bulking up with information relating to the topic, as it is bare. The article does not address any historically underrepresented groups or topics, or equity gaps.

Tone and Balance: The article is unbiased and neutral in tone. Minority viewpoints are severely underrepresented in this article. The article itself does not attempt to persuade the reader towards a particular idea.

Sources and References: The facts in the article are not necessarily backed up with sources, in fact, most of the article contains blue links to other pages instead of references. The sources are thorough, except, they are extremely specific to certain facts, not necessarily the topic of the article itself. The sources are all fairly current, within a few years. The few sources come from a variety of universities, and there are definitely better sources available that would provide a wider variety of perspectives. The links do indeed work.

Organization and Writing Quality: The article is concise and easy to read, however, I would argue it is much too easy. There are quite a few links, and little to no elaboration throughout the article. The article is free from errors, however, I believe that the article is organized in a very easy to navigate.

Images and Media: The article does include images related to the topics, are well captioned, and adhere to Wikipedia's rules. I think that better images could have been chosen, especially in regards to the topics covered in hospitality management studies to provide more context.

Talk Page Discussion: The talk page is very barren, and most talk occurs in 2006, with some comments from 2022 that are fairly pertinent to the topics on the page. The article is part of two projects, WikiProject Education and WikiProject Travel and Tourism/Hotels. Wikipedia barely grazes over the topic, and does not go quite into as much detail as we would in class.

Overall Impressions: The article needs some intense editing, with more sources and information related to the topic. The article has been updated fairly recently, and covers the top universities that offer this topic of study (current). The overall status is that there are multiple issues that need to be resolved, such as not including a worldwide view of the subject. Overall, I think that this article is fairly underdeveloped.