User:Christinanv/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Air Pollution Control Law in New Jersey

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because it's rated as C-class, and it's a fairly important article, if a little niche. The meat of the article seems to be in good shape, but it could use additional formatting and updates in diction choice.

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.)

The chart that summarized changes to the law was very helpful and definitely strengthened the article. However, I felt like the tone of the article changed from formal to informal at times, and there were switches between past and present tense. It could benefit from hyperlinking other articles within the body of the text to explain uncommon terms or terms needing context. The "see also" section only has one link, and you could definitely add a few more relevant articles.

Pictures would also be helpful in breaking up the chunks of text.

The order of the sections of the article was a bit interesting. It was strange that it went from describing the enactment and amending of the law, to what it currently is, then back to a past federal law, then back to state-specific details.

The citations also need to be edited, as Wikipedia discourages use of "ibid".

The article could also use an evaluation of the social aspects of the law, whether there was pushback, how it was passed by the state congress, etc.