User:CCEagle17/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Jacobo Arenas

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Famous for being the idealogical leader of the Marxist guerilla group in the jungles of Colombia, the article seems to be missing a lot of information regarding his life. Choosing this article allows me to easily spot mistakes so later on in the project I can see what is lacking in the article i choose.

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 first sentences is good, but that is all there is to this lead section. Many aspects are missing from the article such as the major milestones in his life
 * The lead is relatively under informing.

Content


 * Content is lacking, but everything in it is relevant
 * Yes it is up to date.
 * There is many aspects of his life that are missing.

Tone and Balance


 * The tone is not shifted in a certain view.
 * No minority opinions are in the article.

Sources and References


 * The sources are all professional reliable published sources.
 * The sources are diverse, but many important sources are missing such as Stanford University's Profile under their center for International security and Cooperation.

Organization and Writing Quality


 * It is organized correctly and written professionally

Images and Media


 * Few images of Jacobo Arenas are available, but the one in the article is beneficial.

Talk Discussion Page


 * Under the talk page there seems to be a lot of discussion over the poor organizing and the lack of structure there used to be to the article.
 * Lots of talk about unnecessary information being posted in the article.
 * B rating which is a little suprising given the lack of information.

Overall Impression


 * For such an important figure in Colombian history there was not as much information as i was expecting.
 * The article does a very good job of giving the facts of his life, but fails to show the opinions around the figure and feels more like a fact sheet than an article.
 * The article seems underdeveloped and could use more sources and important moments of his life in the article.