User:Fcatauro/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Coral bleaching

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because coral bleaching is one of the many negative attributes of climate change. It is a growing concern and witnessing it first hand has made me become rather passionate on the topic. I also think ocean life is a very fascinating and underrated world that not many people know about besides the common animals that live there. I have supported and researched many projects that aim to save the coral reefs and protect ocean life.

Evaluate the article
In the first few minutes skimming the article and clicking on links, the information present seems credible and up to date. There are multiple sections and subsections all relating to coral bleaching, however some have more information than others. For example, under "Impact" and "Pacific Ocean" sections, "Japan" has only one sentence of information, while "Hawaii" has a whole paragraph. Therefore, I do not think Japan (and other countries listed) is adequately represented, making it harder to compare coral bleaching impacts to other places, such as Hawaii. The context of this wiki page contains a diverse table of contents with multiple topics having a voice in what coral bleaching is. These subtopics in this article help to emphasize just how major of a problem coral bleaching is in todays climate and help the reader gauge what other "industries" it impacts and where. This article also does remain neutral throughout its entirety with supporting facts backed up with credible sources. Another thing I really liked about this article is the fact they there were many supporting photos and diagrams that helped me digest and understand the information better. Overall, I think this is a really good article to take a look at if one is trying to gain some background on coral bleaching and what its impacts are. The one thing I will say that can be improved is that sometimes the wording is very fact based. What I mean by this is that sometimes I found that there was not very good "flow" present in some of the sections. It felt like the author was strictly listing facts off, sentence by sentence, which can lose the reader at times.