User:Emkmiller100/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Effects of climate change on marine mammals

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to edit because it serves as an important resource for the general public to get a glimpse into how climate change is effecting mammals. Marine systems are important to the functioning of our earth. The changing of marine mammals is just a small piece of the puzzle, but it is important for the big picture.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The lead section give a brief description of the topic and lays out the importance of understandings. It flows nicely, but could use more concise wording.

Content: The content of the article is relevant, but could use updating. The content should be developed more thoroughly and even consider adding more subsections. The article could also better represent indigenous and first people communities within the scope of marine mammals in the arctic. This will allow for a smaller equity gap and portray other underrepresented populations.

Tone and Balance: The article has an even tone and balance throughout all sections.

Sources and References: There are some lacking of sources within the lead section of the article. Sources could be added to better diversify content. I believe there are some sources that could be better utilized in certain areas of the text.

Organization and written quality: The organization of the text is intermediate and can be improved, but allows for fluid reading.

Images and Media: Images and Media should be added to. There should be more images included to allow for enhanced understanding. The captions of existing images and media should also be improved.

Talk Page discussion: There are no relevant talk page discussions for this article. The article is rate low to mid importance and it is part of a wiki projects.

Overall: Overall, this article needs work. This is a broad topic and the information within the article could use more in depth information to better contribute to the topic. The article also need images and media added to round out transferability within readership and interaction. I believe the topic is important enough that the article need updating and development.