User:ClebGlad/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
3x3 basketball

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I've chosen this article because I have a personal interest in the sport of basketball. I've played it for years, mostly at a casual level (sometimes called "pickup basketball" or "street basketball"). This article describes a format of professional basketball that closely replicates pickup basketball. My preliminary impression of the article is that it is relatively short, though this is somewhat appropriate since the sport is much newer than more major sports.

Evaluate the article

 * The lead section of the article is concise. It accurately summarizes the key information of the article without going beyond the scope of the article. The introductory sentence is good, but the wording could be improved. The sentence currently says 3x3 basketball is "a form of the game played three a side on one basketball hoop", but I think "three a side" should be replaced with "three players per side" to be more clear to readers.
 * The content of the article all seems to be relevant to the topic and mostly up to date. However, the most recent article content seems to be about the inclusion of 3x3 basketball in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and there is no mention of how these Olympics have been postponed anywhere in the article. The article does mention how prevalent the informal version of 3x3 basketball is globally, especially in urban areas, but only briefly. Anecdotally, I think 3x3 basketball is especially prevalent in lower-income urban areas, which is not mentioned. This might be an overlooked equity gap.


 * The article is almost completely written in a neutral point of view. This is likely due to its content mostly focusing on empirical facts related to a sport. There are no viewpoints or opinions given in the article.
 * Except for the lack of sources mentioning updates to the Olympics, the article is thoroughly sourced with current citations. The citations appear to be reliable second hand information. Very few of the sources appear to be written by historically marginalized individuals, but all the sources I have checked include functional links.
 * The article is well-organized into important subtopics, concise, and easy to read. I have not seen any grammar errors in the article.
 * The article includes two pictures and one video. One of the pictures is of the FIBA 3x3 logo. I do not think this is enough pictures to visually represent the sport. I would have included a picture that depicts a prominent athlete in the sport, and captioned it with an appropriate description. However, the media are laid out in a way that aids the content of the article, and are appropriately captioned.
 * The Talk page of the article contains almost no content, with only one comment from 2019 appearing in it. This article is rated as C-class, which indicates it possibly lacks some important content or has irrelevant information in it. It is part of the WikiProject Basketball.
 * Overall, the article appears to need some improvement. It's strengths are its neutral point of view and good sources. It could be improved with additional media, more thorough exploration into how economic class tied into the original of informal 3x3 basketball in urban areas, and a change in the phrasing of its lead sentence. I think the article is moderately well-developed.