User:Bgiauque/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Birth control

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

It's relevant to the course I am taking, and I'm currently working with Planned Parenthood and Teen Council so it's an important concept to look into.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section is good in the sense of talking about everything that is going to be explained throughout the article. There's a good amount of references in it, though it almost makes the lead section seem a little cluttered from everything. Throughout the rest of the article, it seems like there is everything and more that is related to the concept of birth control, from the different methods, to the uses/functions, to emergency contraception, and then leading into the opinions in the world and accessibility. It also has a good, lengthy section dedicated to the history of birth control. Though, it could have more information underneath the accessibility section because it's fairly short. Even though it's talking about a very controversial topic, the article maintains a neutral stance. Clicking through some of the citation links under the references, it looks like most of the sites used are still up and good in terms of the information used. There was one site that is currently down, though it says that the information should be back up soon (it doesn't say when exactly). Other than that, it looks good.

In terms of the talk page, all there really is, is someone complaining about "killing potential babies". Nothing relevant to helping improve the article. Someone replied with telling them they need to research more.