User:Emilycs4970/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
National Security Act of 1947

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because the National Security Act of 1947 was important to the structure of the government and it was a large part of Truman's Cold War plan. The article itself is rated C-class overall and does not have much information detailing the Act itself.

Evaluate the article
The lead includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article’s topic. The lead includes a brief description of the article’s major sections. The lead does not include information that is not present in the article. The lead is concise.

The article’s content is relevant to the topic. The content is up to date. The content is extremely brief overall, lacking almost all detail on the legislation. The article does not deal with one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps.

The article is from a neutral point of view. There are not any claims that appear to be biased toward a particular position. There are not any viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented, though there is no information on the viewpoints of any of the parties involved. There are no minority or fringe viewpoints. There is no discussion about viewpoints.

There are very few citations given for facts in the article. The sources seem to be very surface level. The most recent sources are from 2012. The sources are not written by a diverse spectrum of authors, as they mainly come from government archives or from universities. There are better sources available, and some of the links do not work.

The article is extremely concise, to the point where there is very little information. There are no apparent grammatical or spelling errors. The article is well organized but needs to be expanded upon.

The article includes some images that enhance understanding of the topic. The images are well-captioned but could be more concise in areas. There are no sources for the images readily available. The images are laid out in a visually appealing way, but could be spread out throughout the article rather than clumped in the gallery section.

There are very few conversations going on behind the scenes and there are many unanswered questions; however, the conversations are all respectful. The article is rated C-class in the WikiProject Military History, and it is rated Start-class in the WikiProjects Law, United States, Politics, and U.S. Congress.

The article’s overall status is Start-class for four WikiProjects and C-class for one WikiProject. The article has strengths in the way that the information is concise and unbiased. The article can be improved in its content, as the content provided is very surface-level. The article is very underdeveloped but the parts that are developed have been developed well.