User:Dtm016/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Environmental impact of pesticides

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because we recently talked about pesticides in one of my classes and it was the first topic that came to mind. It is important because pesticides have many affects on humans, wildlife, and our environment. My initial thought was that it seemed like a well balanced article.

Evaluate the article
I think the introductory paragraph of this article is decent and gives a good overview of the article but could be more concise. The articles content is relevant to the topic and the content is up to date. The article doesn't address underrepresented populations and i think that would have been something good to add. How pesticides in the environment generally have more effect on minorities and people living in poverty. I think the article uses a neutral point of view and isn't biased. The sources I checked were reliable and fact based and were up to date and included sources from the present and some older sources. The article is easy to follow and has a well organized structure. The article includes images and graphs that help enhance the article and allow you to connect and image to what you learned while reading. The images also follow the copyright regulations. I don't see much on the talk page discussion but it does say that the article is apart of two wiki projects. Overall, I think the article is a good article. It includes a lot of valuable information that is structured and written well. I think the article could be improved with some minor edits and adding some information on underrepresented populations.