User:Ecpat838/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
University of Denver

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article seemed like a good one to use as a practice exercise since it is not too complicated and I know some things about the topic.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section of the article is somewhat over-detailed with specifics about the campuses (although I'm not experienced enough with Wikipedia to know whether this okay to have in this section).

Tone and Balance

There is some language in the history section of the article that makes judgements about the wellbeing of the institution without explaining or citing why. The rest of the article has a generally neutral tone.

Sources and References

There are several statements in the article that do not have citations, and one line that has a 'citation needed' marker. Some of the cited information is out of date, particularly in the academics section, where old surveys are cited and do not reflect more recent rankings of the university. Many of the listed references are from DU's official website and other DU-owned outlets.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is clear and easy to read. I noticed one minor grammatical error. The article is separated into sensible sections.

Images and Media

Almost all of the images throughout the article are of the campus. It may be helpful to have more relevant images in some sections. The article only displays an outdated logo and does not offer any newer iterations of the school's logo.

Talk Page Discussion

There are no discussions on the talk page, just two posts about different things by different users, with no replies. The main post is about edits made to the external links. The other is a notice about an editathon from 2017.The article is rated C-class and is part of two WikiProjects - 'Higher Education' and 'United States/Colorado.'

Overall Impressions

Overall, this article is clear but lacking content and citations. Most of the sections need to be expanded with more information. The main strength of the article is the section describing DU's campus.