User:Dwhittaker74/Evaluate an Article

Charles D. Hayne This article was related to the Freedmen's Bureau and the post American Civil War period. Also this is an area my instructor is an expert.
The beginning describes the person, years he lived, and jobs.

The first paragraph is short and doesn't explain the major sections but gives good background information.

Assuming the Lead is he introduction paragraph (as you haven't explained what else it could be) then yes.

The Lead could use improvement.

Lead

 * The first paragraph is short and doesn't explain the major sections but gives good background information. Assuming the Lead is he introduction paragraph (as you haven't explained what else it could be) then yes. The Lead could use improvement.

Content

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All the content seems related to the article.

The information is historical and using a book from 1996 as a source so it is recent.

Wikipedia considers this page a "stub". It is a short article, but good for information.

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Tone and Balance


The article is neutral from what I read. One claim about him allegedly accepting a bribe, then another sentence mentioning one time he did accept a bribe may be slightly bias but fine in my opinion. The viewpoints seem to be fine in this article. Even the mention about the bribe earlier seems to not push an opinion on someone else.

Sources and References
The facts are by books and one report by a committee. The sources seem thorough but may have individual bias in each book or report. The sources have two that are more recent and one primary source from the time he lived. All links work.

Organization


The article is short but is not to long so more people would read the whole article. The article didn't have spelling errors to my knowledge. The article was not broken into sections probably due to limited information on the person from the time he lived.


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Checking the talk page

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Overall impressions

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Overall evaluation
Good article but could use a few more paragraphs. I appreciate it not being so long that people would only skim it, but it seems to short. It is a "stub". The main complaint as ive said would be under developed however in the words it says the article is a good read.

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