User:Bh0217/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Agroecology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Agroecology studies ecological processes that are affected by agriculture. The effects of agriculture are a large part of this course about agriculture in the California central valley.

Lead Section
In the introductory sentence, agroecology is properly defined for the reader. The paragraph introduces the major sections in a list and the information it provides does have sections of the article that go over it in more detail. Overall, the lead is very concise, though the fact that it is only a short paragraph long may indicate that it is too short.

Content
The information in this article stays on topic and is up to date with recent edits made to it. The only issue with the content is that certain subsections like "Social movements" and the various regions may need more information to be added to it. The article does go over regions that are known to have historically underrepresented people, such as Latin America and Africa, so equity gaps are fairly covered.

Tone
This article remains neutral in different areas, but in the history of agroecology, post-WWII viewpoints have more coverage than pre-WWII viewpoints, possibly leading to difference in representation. Even with the difference in representation, the article does not try to persuade readers to take in a certain viewpoint.

Organization
Organization is well done, with the article being concise, having little to no grammatical errors, and containing many sections that help break everything down.

Images
There is a severe lack of images, with only one that sticks out due to it appearing at the end with no other to accompany it. While the image is properly captioned, the lack of any other image prevents its presence from being visually appealing.

Talk Page
The talk page contains conversations on questions some people may have, discussions on specific sentences, and comments on changes editors have made. This article is rated as Start-Class for the WikiProjects Agriculture, Ecology, and Soil.

Wikipedia handled this topic differently from how it would be gone over in class by going over every detail about it, from its history to its practice in different regions. If this topic were gone over in class, the areas that would be most likely discussed would be its definition and how it has affected the central valley.

Overall Impression
There is a good foundation for the article and the information that it currently has is quite strong. I feel that the only way for this article to improve would be to add more images that are relevant to agroecology and to add further detail about different subsections that could be more complete.