User:CJIrsfeld/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Majoritarianism.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The principle of majoritarianism is one of the major themes built into the institutional assumptions of the status quo. As we explore alternative theories of representation and democracy, it is useful to bear in mind the definitions and implications of ideas like "majority rule" in order to critique electoral representative democracy on its own terms.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the page opens with a clear and seemingly neutral definition of the term. The first paragraph relates it to the concept of democracy and introduces a problem or tension that is present throughout. The second and third paragraphs are equally concise and helpfully delineate the topic from related but different terms. After this, however, the lead section continues to proceed into the conceptual weeds and terminologies of the subject without outlining the remainder of the article.

While the headings that structure the rest of the article appear to be appropriate, there is a general lack of obvious reasoning for the presentation of certain quotes and subcategories that have the potential to lead the reader to believe that the article has been written with some bias or, at the very least, with the use of research that approaches the subject in a particular way. (This much is noted in Wikipedia's alert at the top of the page.) The content itself appears to all be relevant to the topic and up-to-date.

There is no argument explicitly presented in the article, but one gains the impression that it has been written with a particular view towards majoritarianism, especially given the lack of clarity in distinguishing the theoretical concept from the "agenda" that is accused indirectly of bigotry. An overall improvement in the straightforward usage of terms without adding unnecessary commentary would go a long way in making this article appear both more clean and more objective.