User:Bellaruby12/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Patrick Kearney

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because as I was going through the list of potential wiki and came across the serial killer list, it caught my interest and this case is very interesting because his nickname is "The Freeway killer". It matters because people only believe these types of serial killers happened in the early 1900's and that the serial killer would have passed away at this time however Patrick is still alive today in jail serving a 21 year life sentence. My preliminary impression is that this article is good but there could be more added to it. I say it's good because I only thought there was one hitchhiker killer and that was the one who would pick up hitchhiking females and murder them but Patrick actually picked up male hitchhikers and men from gay bars. He shares the name with two other serial killer's but he was the only one who wasn't a sadist to his victims. This article is very informative but there are still some questions about his life and how he went about these murders that could of been added.

Evaluate the article
The lead includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article topic. The lead does not include description of the articles major sections and the lead does not include information that is in the article. The lead is concise and not overly detailed. While the content is relevant to the topic and the content is up to date. The article does deal with the one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps  and does not relate to historically underrepresented populations or topics and the article has some missing content because his early life should have included more about him being bullied and how he ended up with his lover. The article is neutral and does not have any biased point of view. The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another. The article does not give an opinion on anything within the article. The links do work on the article. The sources are current and reflect the topic. The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors. There are better sources available other than the sources that are on the articles. The article is well-written, it is easy and clear to read. The article does have some grammatical errors and the sections that the article has reflect the major points of the topic. The article includes one image and that is only of the person. The image is well-captioned and the image appears to Wikipedia’s copyright regulations. The image is laid out in a visually appealing way because the image is at the right where there's a little semi bio about the person. The article is part of the wikiprojects serial killer task force, LGBTQ studies, and the crime and criminal biography. The article is rated C-class. The wikipedia does discuss the way we’ve talked about it in class. The conversations that are going behind the scenes are that George was found in Culver City and that the height is in question because there is a wanted poster that says he is 5’10 while the article says he is 5’5. The article is strong in where it is informative and doesn’t have an opinion on the article. The article can be improved by having more sources for the article and give more information on the murders that he had done and some information on the seven murders he said he did but couldn’t charge him on. The article is underdeveloped because there can be more information about patrick. The overall status of the article is that it’s good as a rough draft but there is more that can be added.