User:Butcherm1/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Social work

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.)

I chose to evaluate an article about social work on Wikipedia because it was one of the only articles that was relatively in the field of abnormal psychology. Social work matters because it is an academic disciplinary field that promotes the idea of positive social changes and development among the people living in this society. My preliminary impression of what the concept of social work implied that those who worked to improve the lives of others who were struggling with the concept of how to get by and survive.

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.)

 Lead Section:

The lead in the article includes a strong definition in the introductory sentence, that clearly a concisely describes the article's topic. This article also provided the reader with a brief description of the main sections and includes a justifiable amount of information for a clear understanding of the topic as a whole.

Content:

The content in this article is good and provides the reader a thorough and detailed read of the entire concept of social work. Content is up to date, it was last edited on April 2, 2021. Although there is a lot of good information and background about social work, there are a couple pieces of work, regarding fictional characters, that don't need to be included in this article, necessarily. This article does not include any equity gaps and it addresses topics referring to underrepresented topics and populations in this field.

Tone and Balance:

The article addresses the audience from a neutral standpoint, only informing the reader of the topic and all factors that play a role in its entirety. There are no claims of heavy bias in any section of this article. The sections titled "Use of information technology in social work" and "Social workers in literature" seem to be a little overrepresented and unnecessary given the topic of this article is about the concept of social work. There is a healthy amount of accuracy in minority and fringe viewpoints regarding the content of the article. The article doesn't lead the reader down a road of bias, it provides a neutrally standing description that provides useful details about social work.

Sources and References:

All facts and sources are reliable and detailed with proof of a secondary source, providing a thorough search of sources that endure current and available literature surrounding the topic. This article, also, provides resources of plentiful diversity, given research was used in places other than the United States. All sources used to backup this article and the information it has released has provided the reader with peer-reviewed and scholarly articles, just as intended by the guidelines of Wikipedia. All links work.

Organization and Writing Quality:

The article is well-written, clear, concise, and easy to read. With that being said, the content represented an article with little to no grammatical errors, and is well-organized.

Images and Media:

The article includes images and media that give the reader a better understanding of the concept's entirety, including the placement being in a visually appealing manner. Images in this article are well-captioned and fit the quota on Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

'''Talk page discussion: '''Unfortunately, there is no talk page discussion listed in this article. There is a lot of brief history of the profession and how it impacted several places in the world, however. It was rated very well, and no, it is not a WikiProject. This article provided very thorough and and detailed ideas of what the concept of social work and its many parts, in class, we haven't really talked about social workers quite yet and we've covered the grounds of how the brain works and some clinical aspects.

Overall impressions:

My overall impressions of this article were thought of very highly. I enjoyed furthering my knowledge in the field of social work. Provided a large amount of decent understanding, as well as, some seemingly useless contributions. It definitely expanded my horizons on this topic.