User:Diegosalazarguerra/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Participatory democracy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is relevant to modern discussion, and it relates with the content of the course.

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:


 * The topic is easily described, but the lead section can add more relevant information and remove other sentences.
 * Broadly, ir also explains what is the difference with democracy.
 * The article does not include a description of the article's sections.

Content:


 * Content is relevant to the topic.
 * The article not only explains historical context, but also includes modern theories and ideas.
 * The article also provides ideas about different models of democracy, which can be read to complement the concept of participatory democracy.
 * The content related to the strengths and weaknesses of participatory democracy can be more detailed. More arguments should be presented in favor and against (with references).

Tone and balance:


 * The article maintains a neutral tone.
 * Arguments for different positions and perspectives are balanced.

Sources and References:


 * Links worked well.
 * Some sentences written as "facts" lacked of source or references.

Organization and writing quality:


 * The article is well organized.
 * The technical and philosophical language employed in some paragraphs may complicate the understanding of the reader.

Images and Media:


 * The article only showed one image.
 * More images of the historical development of the concept can be shown.

Talk page discussion:


 * The article is part of WikiProject Politics and WikiProject Philosophy.
 * Some students are/have been working in the article over these past years.

Overall impressions:


 * Generally speaking, good article.
 * It shows the main ideas related to the concept.
 * Sources can be a good way of exploring more in case the reader is interested.