User:Emilybva/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Housing discrimination

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article as it not only pertains to topics discussed in this class, but I also found it to be interesting and a good article to evaluate. This article matters as it can provide readers with an explanation, definition, and examples of housing discrimination and how this topic effects housing as whole and the communities in which this is present. At first, I was surprised to see that this article was much shorter than I thought it was going to be and although it is a very prominent topic within housing, it doesn't include many important aspects and outcomes of housing discrimination. From my first impression, I think this article could use a lot more information on all factors leading to the housing discrimination as well as the areas that it affects.

Evaluate the article
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This article does provide readers with a good introduction to housing discrimination, but I found the content to be shorter and less informative than what I expected for this topic. It does seem to be up to date as most of the citations are sourced from research up to 2021. I do think that more information could be added to not only the entire article, but also highlighted sections that only detail a few points without much information supporting it. The article does represent and explain exclusionary and non-exclusionary discrimination in housing and discusses how some groups might be more prone to this than others. I think identifying specific groups and gaps that this topic might expose in some areas would also be a good point to include within the article as it would be helpful to readers to understand the extent and effects of housing discrimination. I personally feel this article could be improved by providing a little bit more of up to date resources that also discuss this topic after the pandemic and that more information could be included as a whole pertaining to the topic but also area, countries, and communities this happens in.

This article seems to have a pretty consistent tone and doesn't seem to have an overwhelming bias over any specific topic within the page. There are some claims that I do sense seem to not have a concrete source of evidence and might show opinion more than what should be. I do feel that out of the viewpoints that are discussed, they are pretty detailed with a solid tone and citations, but some factors are not discussed or explained at all -- the article only headlines gender discrimination when in reality there are many more factors that can lead to housing discrimination.

After looking and evaluating the sources, I found that the links and citations do all correspond and support claims within the article. Most of the sources are reliable, but some are cited from news articles, which can sometimes intend or include some sort of bias. I think that out of the sources listed, this article is pretty consistent considering diversity and reliability of the sources, but my biggest concern lies mainly within the lack of sources-- and in turn information in general-- that should be included. This article is rated C-class and involves wikiproject interests such as LGBTQ studies, discrimination, and sociology. The talk page did not include much, but one user modified the external links and another user added a section concerning gender discrimination. I feel this talk page is an okay representation of how talk pages are interactive within the articles, but do feel that overall this article is not worked on nor included enough.