User:Chocolate222moose/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the article on Mayor Vi Lyles.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because the page is one of the assigned articles for this course, and because Wikipedia rated it as a start class article or an article with preliminary information with a lot of room for improvement. It is important to evaluate articles such as the page for Mayor Vi Lyles because this public information can be crucial in the education of potential voters and in the general analysis of a politician's career. My immediate impression of the article was heavily impacted by the lack of information on Mayor Lyles.

Evaluate the article
Given the outline of the information of the article, the lead section is rather well written. However, I think her affiliated party is extremely relevant information and should be included within that opening sentence of the lead paragraph. My major critique of this article is the lack of other relevant information, and as that is added to the content section, the lead section should reflect that additional inclusion. Some relevant sections include but are not limited to, mayoral campaign, electoral history, and early career. Furthermore, I think the information on "Early life" can be grouped with "Personal life" and "Education" should be it own category. Within each of these sections is the opportunity for subsections that provide further detail. For example, within the career section for Mayor Lyles should be descriptions of her accomplishments and a history of political stances. I think the article did a good job maintaining neutrality, and its overall writing structure is well organized. Despite her continuing to hold office through the present, all of the articles sources are from 2017.

Overall, this article is not bad, it is just lacking information and updates.