User:Ellaladd/2014 Boston Marathon/Dwang74 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

User:Ellaladd


 * Link to draft you're reviewing

User:Ellaladd/2014 Boston Marathon


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)

2014 Boston Marathon

Evaluate the drafted changes
The lead seems to be mostly the same as the live article. One thing to note that the lead shouldn't be its own section but the very beginning of the article. Your lead does seem to summarize the content and the main ideas of the article but maybe could include other sections as well. It seems to have a major focus on prevention measures given the 2013 bombing and less of the race result. Because of this emphasis on the 2013 bombing, I would've expected the article to have section(s) talking about that — details of the increased security, memorial events, or others.

The drafted changes are all on-topic, although there aren't many. The § Security section of the live article could have more content — perhaps subsections talking about how the 2013 bombing affected the race to be different. Here are some sources that you can look at:
 * 2013 Boston Marathon § Bombing: information on waived qualifying for the 2014 events for participants who completed at least half of the race in 2013;
 * Boston Marathon bombing: You can use some of this information for a small section near the beginning of the article. Maybe in the format such as:

The live article is clearly organized, and I think that you can make it so that the sections about the 2013 bombing, if you do decide to include it, will be organized well. You should keep using the images that the live article included.

Another section that may be useful to your article, near the end, could be how successful the event turned out to be, especially given the circumstances of previous year's event. The article did mention that a record number of people turned up to either race or to watch the race, and this time the event was safely concluded. What are the reactions of the public/media/organizers? You could include some of this as a final section of the article. There should be some suitable images you can add as well.

Your sources seem to be properly cited and all of your added sections have sources to support them.

Overall, it seems your draft is still in the early stages. The sections I recommended that you add should make the article a lot more complete.

Dwang74 (talk) 17:28, 23 March 2023 (UTC)