User:Csparks01/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The Civil Rights Act of 1957. (Civil Rights Act of 1957)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Well, for the best results on evaluating an article, I thought it would be best to evaluate an article that has the same topic as mine. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was one of the first federal civil rights legislation passed in the United States. My first impression of the article was how short it was, but then again, it was the first one passed and mainly only started a few government agencies to help stop discrimination for voting.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The introductory sentence seemed more like a statement of facts rather than that "eye-catching" introduction that will hook the reader in. If anything, a simple solution would just be to have the second paragraph be the introduction. . There was no brief description of the upcoming sections. The lead is concise and does not include information that is not present in the article.

Content: The content is relevant to the article. The content is up-to-date, not missing any information and in a way does focus on Wiki's equity gap since it is an Act that is meant to help unrepresented populations gain representation in voting.

Tone and Balance: The article is neutral and has no possible biases. There aren't a lot of viewpoints and it does a great job of putting in the minority side of the Act. The article does not attempt to persuade, but I don't really see how it could.

Sources and References: The facts are backed by reliable sources, although when I clicked on some links, it said that the page wasn't found. The sources are thorough and are as current as they can be since the act was written in 1957. The sources don't seem like they're written by a diverse spectrum of authors and there are probably some better sources available, especially when one source is putting me back on the wiki site and another one is just a transcript from the JFK library.

Organization and Writing Quality: This piece is well written and seems to not have any grammatical errors. This piece is well organized, especially when it sorts the parts from the Act as well as mentions the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Images and Media: The article does include one image. I don't really believe that it enhances the article, since it's just a picture of a former president signing the bill in. However it does have a well-captioned caption, lied out in a somewhat visually appealing way (since it follows format) and does adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk Page Discussion: With the talk page, it is mainly full of critique from other wiki writers, hold missing information and more external links for the topic. The Wiki Projects that this article is involved in are: Wiki Project Law, Wiki Project United States/ Government, Wiki Project United States History, and Wiki Project Civil Rights Movement. The main thing that I'm noticing that's different between this talk page and classroom discussions is how there is a lengthier conversation on filibusters than there was in class from one of the articles we discussed. Also, it's interesting to see how many people critiqued this article.

Overall Impression: Overall, I believe this article is well written and has many great features. I liked how well organized it is and how it covers the topic in a clear and detailed manor. The only major aspect of this article that needs improvement on is to double-check links (because those are needed to make sure that this piece is being cited correctly) and needs better pictures to advance the topic. For completeness, this article seems pretty nicely developed but is missing some minor details.