User:Edfc1902/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Utopia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
We see the theme of the article as an important topic to be evaluated as it can be used for different purposes of studies such as historic, geopolitical, economic, and even just for curiosity. We are both interested in this subject and its implications in our society. Therefore, we think that evaluating this article will make the subject of Utopia more accessible and easier to be understood by Wikipedia users. Our overall impression of the article is that it was well-written and with useful information, but deserved some editing especially regarding the importance of citing sources and doing additional research.

Evaluate the article
Overall, we believe this article is well written, with a mostly comprehensive overview of the idea of a utopia. However, we have some suggestions we believe will improve the article.


 * While we agree with the importance of mentioning the inherently difficult nature of establishing a utopia, the quote used in the lead section seems to focus too much on the idea of a dystopia. We would recommend adding more information in the lead section referring to examples of utopias, especially as the article contains two sections listing mythical and modern utopias.
 * The sentence before the lead section quote seems to state the same information as the quote.
 * The first paragraph of “Mythical and Religious Utopias” reads like an author’s personal knowledge, a citation would help readers understand where this information is coming from.
 * Multiple examples listed in this section also seem short and incomplete, additional research and secondary sources would improve the quality of these subsections.
 * These sentences also have a few grammatical mistakes, such as run-on sentences, fragments, and unnecessary commas.
 * A picture of New Harmony, Indiana is shown but not referenced in the text
 * The first few paragraphs of the “Economics” section lack notes
 * The “Utopian Architecture” section could be expanded by listing aspects of architecture that classify them as utopian.
 * Some information lacks references and more reliable sources
 * More references about why Utopias are hard to achieve as it seems this information could be more research-based
 * Could give us more examples of utopian architectures as this section is shorter while compared to other examples of utopias
 * The section about Feminism is the one that needs most of the additional citations