User:Efloden/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Conversion therapy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Conversion therapy is an important topic because it touches on issues of human rights, mental health, scientific integrity, and legal protection. Reporting on this topic accurately and deeply is crucial for the well-being and dignity of LGBTQ+ individuals and for creating a more just and inclusive society. My preliminary impression of this article is positive. This article is part of a series on LGBT rights and provides important information about the long-term psychological harm the pseudoscientific practice has on individuals.

Evaluate the article
The leading paragraph of this article provides an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic. The lead provides brief information on the various content that will follow in the sections below. However, the intro section contains no explicit description of which major sections the reader should expect in the article's body. The lead is not overly detailed; it provides just enough information to contextualize the article for the reader, and it only covers information which is further elaborated upon in the article's body.

The article's content is relevant to the topic and is up to date. However, the majority of space is given to theories and techniques for conversion therapy, and less focus is given to motivations, public opinion, and media coverage of the practice. Understandably, the majority of research and knowledge about conversion therapy is related to its history and techniques. I believe the article could give more attention towards the personal implications of the practice and the historical motivations behind its legality. However, this article's content does important work in shedding light on this particular issue facing the historically underrepresented LGBT population.

This article is written from a neutral point of view, with attention given towards facts and science. While conversion therapy is a complex, controversial topic, the article does not stray away from reporting on how the practice is not a legitimate form of therapy. The article bases their claims on reliable sources, such as academic peer-reviewed journals and novels. The sources are current, thorough, and written by a diverse spectrum of authors. The writing is clear and professional, and the organization of the content into sections is intuitive and easy to follow. That being said, some of the information on the legal status of conversion therapy is not as detailed as it could be, given the prevalence of the practice around the world and within certain pockets of America. Additionally, more attention could be given towards detailing the consequences and life threatening effects of the practice.

This article could use more images to enhance understanding of the topic. There are only three images, one of which is a helpful map to visualize jurisdictional bans on conversion therapy. The other two images do not do anything to provide additional enhancement of the topic or visual appeal.

There is healthy debate within the article's Talk page on understanding how psychological practices have been manipulated for the purpose of conversion therapy. Discussions center around how not to undermine the importance of some of these psychological practices while also giving attention towards how they have been abused in the service of harmful conversion practices. This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale and is of interest to multiple WikiProjects.