User:Charlotte Subak/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mary Jackson (engineer)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Mary Jackson was NASAs first black female engineer. I do not have much previous knowledge on her, so I chose to evaluate this article to learn more about her work and life.

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.)

This article has a solid lead section. Its first sentence gives the reader a strong idea of what the article is about. It includes an overview of all the articles sections except the personal life section. However, the personal life section is very short, so I would argue its ok to leave it out of the lead section. The lead section is very concise, and does not include excessive or unnecessary information.

The content in this article is impressively up to date, its most recent edit was just a few days ago and it has had many edits just this month. Its content is focused, all of it is relevant to Mary Jackson. It also helps to address a Wikipedia content gap by focusing on a scientist who is a woman of color.

The article is unbiased and neutral in tone. it does not attempt to sway the readers opinion on Mary Jackson, only provide information about her life and work. The reader is left to come to their own conclusions based on this Information.

This article cites its sources thoroughly. There is a citation in nearly every sentence, and I did not come across any claims without sources to back them up. All of the links that I tried worked, and led to reputable, reliable sources.

The article is well organized. It is broken down into 6 sections (including the lead section) which makes the information digestable and easy to read. This article is packed with good information, so its especially important that it is well organized.

The images all have captions that are effective in providing important context. They are intentionally placed so that they are near the section of text that they reference. One change I would make is increasing the size of the images, as it is difficult to see their details.

Much of the discussion on the talk page revolves around contemporary developments regarding Mary Jacksons legacy. People discuss edits to the article relating to the Hidden Figures movie and an elementary school that renamed its self in her honor.

I feel this is a very strong article overall. I appreciate how concise and well organized it is. You could argue that it is too concise, and that it should go into more detail. however, I like that it focuses on main points, and because it is well cited, people can follow the citations to access more information on the topics that interest them.