User:Curioussoul25/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Climate change in the Maldives

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because climate change is a huge issue around the world right now. We can see and feel the climate getting warmer than before and this can affect the countries and populations all over the world. Many countries and islands have a high chance of being submerged under the water in the future which is dangerous. Which is why I chose to read this article.

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.)

 Lead section (Excellent): 

The lead of the article about climate change in Maldives informs and grabs the attention of the reader in the very first paragraph. It provides a quick and concise summary of the article. It gives a good description on the whole article and also introduced topics such as sea level rising, adaption to climate change, and climate change mitigation which is discussed more in the body of the article.

 Content Excellent): 

The article discusses and highlights the important facts about the sea levels are rising and what is and can happen to Maldives after the sea levels rises. It also gives an excellent overview on how the president initiated the plan to make Maldives carbon nerutral and also how adaptions are being made to save the island by creating a wall around Maldives.

 Tone and Balance (Excellent): 

The article does not show any kind of bias or persuasiveness towards a specific side. It clearly and concisely informs about an issue and what is being done to alleviate the issue.

 Sources and References (Excellent): 

The article does a very good job at gathering resources. After checking the sources they all work and all relate to the topic and also explain how climate change is affecting Maldives and actions that are being taken. The information is reliable and has a variety of references.

Organization and Writing Quality (Good:

The article is written in a professional manner with organization and also provided statistics. It also is divided into sections clearly and provides good information about each topic. I wish the author elaborated more on the last paragraph "Public Opinion" more with what the public has to say about climate change in the Maldives.

 Images and Media(Excellent): 

The images used in the article do adhere to Wikipedias copyright regulations. Many pictures are provided with detail captions that allows us to read why this picture is significant to the article. Each picture also corresponds to the section of the article which I really like.

 Talk Page discussion(Satisfactory) : 

The article does not have any discussion pages, however the article is apart of 4 Wiki projects that discuss about the Climate change in Maldives. Three out of four have rated the article in the range of top-high importance and recent activity is moderate. The article has been rated a Start class and is said that it needs information and is incomplete which I agree does need more information in some sections.

 Overall Impressions(A): 

The article is a very good article it concisely explains the topic and does not overdue the information. The strengths of this article is that the Lead section is very good, each section is well written and includes pictures which engages and informs the reader. An aspect that needs to be worked on is to introduce the section of climate change effects on the people and the land in the Lead briefly and also add more details at the end in public opinion. Aside from that the article is an excellent article. Many readers have read it and it is being used in wiki projects which shows that the article is good.