User:Diz228/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Kidnapping

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am researching federal kidnapping for my assignment. This article/topic matters because it is something that happens daily in not only the United States but all over the world. Kidnapping comes in all sorts of forms and some countries take kidnapping much more seriously than other countries do. My preliminary impression of the article is that it seems very informative and credible. The authors maintain a neutral tone and inform the reader rather than persuading them.

Evaluate the article
While reading the article, I found it to be reliable with a few minor things that do need updating. All of the information in the article is relevant. It starts off by prefacing what kidnapping is by defining it. Then it goes on to describe motive of kidnapping and why someone might commit the act. The authors then get into more specific motives by using jurisdictions such as the Netherlands and why kidnapping might occur in that country. The most relevant information the author added was the statistics of kidnapping. All of the information seems to be information from 2009 or 2010, so I think the article definitely could be updated to more recent statistics and information. There are a few noticeable equity gaps. Some of the countries chosen (Australia, Canada and Colombia) seem to have underrepresentation because they do not have very much information under their specific motives, whereas the United States and the Netherlands have a lot more representation on their motives. The author was able to maintain a neutral tone throughout the article. They informed the reader rather than trying to persuade them. The links that the authors referenced did work when I tested them out. Everything the author said in their article that came from an outside source was referenced. The references do come from a lot of different sources such as videos, statues, and even some other Wikipedia articles. This article is a part of a Wikiproject to improve the topic of crime. The article has been rated a c-class on Wikipedias scale.