User:Fegan2020/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Interdisciplinarity

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because it goes into deep detail about interdisciplinary studies and what it entails in general. This topic matters because when doing research, it is important to look at the information from more than one point of view rather than only attacking it from one angle. One is able to learn much more about a topic when they already have background in more than one subject. My first impression of this article was that it did a great job of explaining what the word meant and why it is so important. Many jobs in the real world require the use of many different fields in one, whether or not that person already has background in several fields. A lot of them are intertwined.

Evaluate the article
The article's beginning sentence did a fantastic job of explaining what interdisciplinarity in the most simple way, without overwhelming the readers with a lot of words. The beginning paragraph then goes into deeper detail about the subject and also provides various examples to help the readers grasp the concept. This allows them to see how interdisciplinarity may apply to their lives. All of the information included in the lead are also further developed throughout the article.

The bulk of the article discusses how interdisciplinarity works and examples from certain fields that require and promote it. It explains how many focus on one subject, such as majoring in English, Medicine, or Sociology, when a large bit of these have their own role in each other. The authors express how important it is to see the impact each of these fields have on one another, and how they assist each other. The article is written in a neutral tone and does not seem to include any opinions; only facts are included. Though, it is hard to express the importance of a topic, without a minor bias, the article does a great job at stying away from any biases for interdisciplinary studies as much as possible.

The article is also heavily sourced, and the facts throughout the article are all backed up by a link, which proves the points the authors discuss. Majority of the sources are from the 2000s, but most of them are from the years 2006-2017. I was able to see a few sources that were from 2022, however, there were only three of them. I would still consider the information valid though because most of them are only ten years old or more relevant.

When it comes to formatting, the article is formatted in a very easy to read way. It is organized in a way that makes the information flow. Only one picture is included, but the topic does not necessarily require any photographs so I would not say this is an issue. I was unable to find any grammatical errors while reading the article and the authors provided many different sections that helped organize the article even more. There was a section called "examples" which I felt was very helpful as it gives people who are looking for specific examples quick and easy access.

Addressing the one photograph included. It appears to have been taken by one of the authors, but if not, the photograph does not have any citations near it, nor any captions underneath. The image does not necessarily require a caption, because the photograph is not really needed to enhance this article, but a citation indicating where the picture was from would be helpful.

The talk page had a variety of conversations occurring. Some were a little less serious, and some discussed the looks of the article and what they may have thought would make the article look better. I also saw an edit that was removed from the lead section of the article because it was deemed confusing, and did not make sense to another author. Some expressed they wished the article had a different title because it was unappealing to them. There were many other comments on smaller elements of the article, relating to style and appearance.

Overall, I would say this is a great article as it covers the topic well and expresses why interdisciplinarity is so important, and in a way that will help the readers understand without any difficulty. However, some improvements I would advise would be that it needs a few more sources as there are a few sections of the article where the links to sources slow down and there is less evidence of the information being relayed. Information-wise though, I would say the article has a sufficient amount of facts explaining the topic.