User:Christiecorn/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Jurisprudence
 * I am in law school and so felt it would be a suitable article to evaluate for my training.

Lead evaluation
The Lead is detailed and seems well sourced, but seems a little long and overly detailed. The second paragraph, in particular, seems like it might be cut. The third paragraph on the other hand is integral as a description of the article's major sections.

Content evaluation
The content seems generally appropriate.

Tone and balance evaluation
The article does not seem overly argumentative, and thus has a decent tone. The balance, however, might be reconsidered. It spends a lot of time on older legal theories, while newer ones, like critical legal studies are given shorter shrift.

Sources and references evaluation
As the banner indicates, article possibly contains original research and has some unverifiable facts.

Organization evaluation
The organization is good. The chronological approach to laying out legal theories seems logical.

Images and media evaluation
This is not a very visual topic, so the pictures seem as appropriate as possible.

Talk page evaluation
Talk page seems to be pretty active, flagging much of what I have above.

Overall evaluation
My biggest section, as explained above, is to spend more space on more modern theories.