User:DKasemervisz/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
California housing shortage - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
It relates to my research question

Evaluate the article
Lead Section


 * contains sentence highlighting article's focus
 * gives overview of points that will be covered in the article
 * contains a lot of information, possibly too much

Content


 * addresses content gap of wikipedia
 * up to date and relevant content

Tone and Balance


 * formal tone
 * informative rather than argumentative, seeks to explain why there is a housing shortage in California, not place blame or favor certain solutions over others

Sources and References


 * sources are diverse, up to date, and there are lots of them
 * clicking on a couple sources all work

Organization and Writing Style


 * organized into sections containing one factor which contributes to California's housing shortage

Images and Media


 * good use of graphs to compare housing in other states
 * many graphs did not display due to "technical issues"

Talk Page Discussion


 * not part of any wikiprojects

Overall Impression


 * full of useful information and sources
 * great overview of all the factors contributing to California's housing shortage and what solutions are being proposed to solve them.
 * needs to figure out technical issues with graphs displaying