User:Dlevine1996/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Talk:Blockchain - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) The article should have covered what blockchain is and its applications. However, it consisted of the author trying to dissuade the viewer as to the efficacy of blockchain by providing related concerns with blockchain supported by single sources. My reaction was that the article was unprofessional and lacking a lot of information such as what blockchain was, how its used and who (major companies) are using it.

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 article lacked an introduction or a brief description of what would be covered.

Content

The content is relatively up to-date however, a lot of essential topics aren't cover or even mentioned. The content only covers the authors biased opinion on the efficacy of blockchain technology and then how it can be applied to prevent counterfeiting.

Tone and Balance

The article takes the stand-point of someone who is against blockchain technology and doesn't consider the positives of it except for how it can be used to prevent counterfeiting.

Sources and References

The main body paragraphs have either one or no sources attributed to them with the last paragraph having multiple sources.

Organization and Writing Quality

The organization of the information is lacking, there's no lead-in to the author stating their opinion on blockchain technology or a transition into the author covering how cryptocurrency can prevent counterfeiting.

Image and Media

The article lacked any images or media.

Talk Page Discussion

The article doesn't have a rating however, it is a part of a wikiproject.

Overall Impressions

The article is poorly-developed because the author doesn't maintain a neutral stance in addition to having limited sources for his opinion pieces in the article. The article lacks an introduction or even transitions between the paragraphs.