User:Christian Magrino/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Social influence bias

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The article jumped out at me as very closely relating to the course. I also find the effects of social media on society very interesting. The herd effect discussed in the article is a very real thing.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article is clear in describing the topic, and is concise in presenting a description of what the article contains. The article mainly reports of a study of the potential "herd effect" that can be observed on reddit when comments receive upvotes or downvotes. The article content is relevant to the topic, and is mostly up-to-date, though the study the article is mainly based on is 7 years old (2014), with a second study revisiting the same question 2 years later in 2016. There does not appear to be any misleading content or content that does not belong. The article provides a clear, concise detailing of the study and its results. The article is neutral and provides a clear presentation of the study and its results, without bias. There are no opinions offered, and the article doe not attempt to persuade the reader toward any one way of thinking. The sources are all reliable, with the primary study, and it's revisiting 2 years later, regarding herd effect of up-voting or down-voting on reddit being backed up by a similar article regarding positive product reviews on Amazon. The back-up study is a little outdated, being approx. 12 years old, and the article could benefit from the addition of more current study results. The links all lead to the studies and information they should lead to. The article is well-written, concise and easy to read. There are a couple small grammatical errors, such as a missing close-parenthesis, a missed space between words, etc. Overall the article is easily read, understood and broken down into sections that make sense and reflect the major points of the article. There were a couple images included, and they were well captioned, but they were not particularly interesting or visually appealing. The article does not have any discussions on the talk page, and it has not been rated. The article is part of the WikiProject Internet Culture. The article's biggest strength is that it presents a clear, concise summation of the original study and the revisited study. It provides a previous, similar study to back up the original, and is easy to read and understand. The biggest area for improvement would be in the age of the original study, as well as the study used for back-up. The addition of more current information would improve the article and make it feel more complete.