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 * Social Movement: Social movement
 * I have decided to focus on this article as I am interested in how Social Movements are started. In addition I would like to know the impacts on lives created by such movements. If possible I would like to see how social media plays a role in the collaboration of social movements.

Lead evaluation
I believe the article does a great job at discussing the topic in its introduction. The introduction briefly mentions the main focuses of the article while also providing the meaning behind the chosen topics. Based on the topic of the article, I would consider the introduction a good size as it provides the necessary details to engage the reader.

Content evaluation
This article definitely focused on how social movements worked but at times seemed to add excess information. I believe some facts within the article were unnecessary because they seemed to add extra information that didn't attain to the article. It is possible that this was done to inform the reader on certain words but I do not find this necessary. The content is definitely up to date as the last edit was August 29th and it provides information on social media which is fairly new.

Tone and balance evaluation
Throughout the article, I found the point of view to be neutral. Although excited on the topic, the writers seemed to hold their biases about the topic in check. Rather than talking about how they feel, The authors choose to lay out the facts about social movements to give the reader the chance to make a decision on the topic. It is possible certain facts were omitted to lead the reader to a certain conclusion but, I don't believe the authors did this within the article.

Sources and references evaluation
The article has plenty of links to back up their claims. It seems to be well researched and the article is organized in a clear yet concise manner given the amount of information used. Some sources are quite dated as they come from over a decade ago but they provide good context for the article. In my opinion more recent sources should be added as they are mainly from 2012 or 2013. Finally I checked a few sources and they seem to all work great but, their may be an outlier or two as their are lots of links.

Organization evaluation
Based on my evaluation I found the article was extremely easy to read. The information was presented in a manner that displayed the connections between points made. The article had little to no errors in spelling and grammar based on my reading of it. The sections are broken down effectively and they allow the reader to skip through sections if desired.

Images and media evaluation
The article contained images that enhanced the understanding of the reader. Images allowed for a greater understanding of what social movements looked like in the past and they also were used to describe the process of a social movement. Every image had a helpful caption that allowed the reader to understand what was trying to be shown. Finally the images are placed on the left and right sides of the paragraphs allowing the reader to connect the dots between what is being said and the visual.

Talk page evaluation
Within the talk page of the article, many people recommenced adding certain things to improve the overall quality of the article. People are not really conversing rather, they are giving advice in my opinion. It has been rated as a level-4 vital article and is part of a C-class Wiki Project. The use of social media to create change is similar to what we have been talking about but it is barely presented within the article.

Overall evaluation
I thought this article was informative for an audience that knows nothing about the subject. I believe it could have gone a bit deeper into how social media may influence people to join movements. A definite strength is the articles ability to convey a complicated message in simple terms. The article was quite thorough but I believe it can be developed to reach other subjects connected to social movements.

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