User:Deitrichem/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Philadelphia Election riot

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article from the list of past Wiki articles provided by my professor because the concept of election protests/riots particularly interests me.

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 Lead

The lead sentence has a brief, informative topic sentence. The lead mentions most of the topics covered throughout the article, but it does not make mention of the legal proceedings detailed in the "Aftermath" section.

Content

The content of the article seems to be the most up-to-date information on the topic. All of the content is relevant to the article topic and there is helpful information in the "Aftermath" section about how this specific riot relates to the broader theme of the American Revolution.

Tone/Balance

The article is pretty neutral and the other does not insert any commentary or normative statements about the information. In certain places such as "Riots taking place in these cities represented a radical change in the way that citizens interacted with their government. "This transformation involved quiescent lower-class elements; the organization of political clubs, caucuses, and tickets; the employment of political literature and inflammatory political rhetoric as never before; the involvement of the clergy and churches in politics; and the organization of mobs and violence for political purposes." there is an element of commentary or connection-making but is done by a different scholar and the author is simply sharing that pre-existing information in this article.

Organization/Writing Quality

The organization of the article is pretty strong overall, although separate sections providing information about the Quakers and Anglicans respectively may have made the back and forth in the article less confusing overall. There were a few small grammar errors (lack of Oxford comma) and a few instances where I needed to add capitalization, but nothing major.

Images and Media

There are no images in this article. I recognize it is hard to find media based on something so far in the past but a painting or even a map of the area or logo for the different political parties would have added a lot to the visualization I (and others I suspect) do while reading.

Talk Page

There is nothing on the talk page other than information about my class reviewing the article.

Overall

Overall, the article was a quick and easy read, if not a tiny bit confusing because of the back and forth between groups. I think certain topics could have been fleshed out more (like background on the Quakers and Anglicans respectively) as well as some more emphasis on the running of the election being the main conflict (the Night Raders were mentioned much more).