User:Caelenmw/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Xenophobia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because I believe Xenophobia is not well-known, but it is very important to understand. I read that the Xenophobia Wikipedia page was often visited, but lacks updated information on the topic. Xenophobia is important to learn about since it is so common. For example, Xenophobic acts spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic towards Asian-Americans (those of East-Asian and Southeast-Asian descent). Xenophobia is a form of racism specifically targeted towards immigrants, people of color, and other foreigners -- this occurs everywhere around the world, not just in the United States.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: I believe the introduction does encapsulate the main idea of Xenophobia, but does leave out some key details of the definition (the racism behind it, where it occurs, how violent it can be, etc.)

Content: The article contains a lot of information on the history of Xenophobia throughout the world, but I believe it would be more beneficial to have more current examples for readers to grasp. For example, more information on Xenophobia throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, discrimination against those of Hispanic and Latino descent during former President Trump's term, etc.

Organization: I believe the article could be organized better, for example the bulk of the article is about Xenophobia in various countries, but I believe it would be beneficial to condense that and have a more general definition with a smaller amount of examples.

Images and Media: I do believe the images in the article are well captioned and represent the message of the article accurately.

Talk Page: An individual on the talk page mentions that the article reads like a Newspaper, stating different events about Xenophobia that doesn't necessarily add to the definition. The only definition of Xenophobia is in the lead section.

Overall Impressions: Xenophobia was listed as a top-5 vital article in Society, which shows how important it is. But, I do believe this article could be improved in many ways. I believe it should be condensed and re-written with more updated information that specifically defines Xenophobia, instead of listing events that have happened. It does a good job of displaying Xenophobia around the world, but it lacks specific examples and does not capture the reader's attention. The article is not necessarily impactful or effective. Overall, it gets the general idea across, but it fails to connect current events to the definition while re-instating explanations of Xenophobia.