User:ElinaTheWriter/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because I am very interested in environmental law/policy, especially climate policy. My group and I are doing a policy analysis of The Green New Deal, and this is in the same genre. Although this policy is implemented in New Zealand's parliament, I believe it is still incredibly relevant because we can learn a lot from other countries, and The Green New Deal likely has components that it adapted from countries like New Zealand that have a very climate-conscious mentality. This article does not seem to be incredibly detailed, but it looks like it has a lot of reliable sources and is straight to the point.

Evaluate the article

 * The lead section is short and to the point, and also allows the reader to know exactly what the consecutive lines will be comprised of. It is concise and contains the appropriate amount of detail.
 * Some of the content appears to be inaccurate. A simple google search reveals that New Zealand ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016, not 2015. It should also include in the "History" that the initial proposal was for it to be a separate piece of legislation called the Zero Carbon Bill and only became an amendment later. The percentages given in the legislative features portion appear to be off, at least according to the Ministry of the Environment's page. This may need to be fact checked again by more than one source.
 * The article maintains a neutral point of view. Balanced throughout the entirety of the article, does not use any words that would indicate the writer's personal opinions are involved. No persuasion methods are involved.
 * The "Legislative features" portion could be reviewed in more detail. Assume that the reader knows nothing about any of the particular vocabulary words used, and make sure to explain them.
 * The sources appear to be reliable, but they could be cited more in the "Legislative features" portion. The Paris Agreement should be cited under "External Links."
 * The writing quality could use some improvement, especially when talking about percentages a target being "below X year by Y year." When talking in the "History" section, some statements are awkward and need to be cleaned up. The overall impression is that this article was not thoroughly proofread or fact-checked.
 * The first, second, and third readings need to be defined, especially for people unfamiliar with how New Zealand parliament works. The imagery is good.
 * The article is related to multiple WikiProjects but does not appear to have a talk page that can be accessed by the viewer.
 * Overall, this article seems normal at first glance. However, upon further inspection, it is obvious that this article needs some improvement, both in the quality of the writing, and the verifiability of the content. A good start, but definitely not something I would quantify as a final draft.