User:Aussyand/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Philosophy of technology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it compares to what the class is about, the social effects and changes that technology has on society, and how that evolved throughout time.

Evaluate the article
The lead of this article is very concise, however it is lacking in some information. The introductory sentence perfectly describes what the article is about, but lacks in the brief descriptions of the articles following sections. The main sections of the article, however are very concise, and relevant to the topic. There isn't any information that doesn't belong, or strays too far from the overall topic of the article. The content is up-to-date as well, dating back to the middle ages, giving information all the way to the present. However, the overall content does not address any kind of topics relating to underrepresented populations, even though this particular topic could very well do that. One praise of this article, is that it has a very neutral tone, and does not try to persuade the reader to favor a certain position over another, however the article does seem to focus too much on German, and European changes in technology, and society. There are a lot of underrepresented countries, and groups of people the article could focus on as well. The sources used to write this article varies from scholarly journals to very old books. All facts and claims seem to be backed up by at least one source or another, and are all very thorough, all focusing on the topic of the article, and has a wide range of different authors and publishers. Although some references are somewhat current, this article could stand to have more modern references to back up the information, there are much better sites used nowadays. The links of the sources that are there now, all seem to be working. When it comes to media, there is unfortunately only one image used in the entire article used for the "middle ages to 19th century" section. This article could stand to use more images, possibly one per section to show more philosophers from the respected time periods. When it comes to the talk page, there isn't much of a discussion going on, however someone pointed out a concern I had that I explained earlier in the evaluation. That the article's history is very Eurocentric, and could include more regions, as well as lacking in female participation. Overall the article is a great place to acquire information, even if it is a little short. The major strengths of this article is it's neutral tone and standpoint, and how the information in each category is represented. This article could be vastly improved however, it could stand to have more information for each section, as well as added sections, at least one image per category, and more representation for eastern regions, and groups, as well as female representation. So far, what the article has is decent, but is very underdeveloped, I look forward to how this particular article improves in the future.