User:FlowerandFeast/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Area: Palghar district

Sector: Public Distribution System (India)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I will be evaluating the article on the Palghar District as it is classified as a C article on Wikipedia, missing information, clarifications, and citations. I think it is important to develop this article in order to provide more information on marginalized regions and to avoid the common issue of grouping all of Maharashtra and India together. Palghar has a unique topography and history which seems to be missed in the current Wiki article.

I chose the Public Distribution System article as I think the topic is not one talked about or well known enough, despite the intricacies of the program. This article is also detailed as one that needs verification and elaboration on many points. And I think with topics like government systems, it is especially important to have accurate and detailed information to limit misinformation. Furthermore, I also just found myself curious beyond the extent of the article and want to contribute for future readers.

Evaluate the article
Palghar: The lead section is generally pretty good, however I think it could use some reorganization. I think the items in the later paragraph could be moved to the top — population and geography namely. I think starting off the first sentences off with names of other regions is not as significant. The article also does not list out the subsections of the article. And considering a region is a pretty broad topic with many subheadings, I think that would be helpful. The content of the article is lacking, in my opinion. I think there needs to be a bigger deep dive into all the topics. For example, geography should be spread up into a whole section about topography. This would develop the reader's understanding of the region as a massive farming district. This could also be a place to add images as there is limited images with no context or caption. I think there needs to be a section on the relation of the district with the rest of Maharashtra, especially Mumbai. Additionally, the article should have more political context than just naming their MP, rather a more elaborate discussion on representation. Also, the article doesn't account fo potential bias in the statistics, such as many numbers being unreported due to many groups miscounted for in data collecting. There is also very minimal sources. Tone is relatively good and factual. It does not seem to have intentions rather than being informative. Overall, I find that the article is weak in content and structure.

Public Distribution System: I think the lead section is the strongest part of this article. It starts off by providing a effective and readable synopsis and then jumping into current information about the program. It also discusses it's overall goal as well as criticism it has and does face. This lead section sets up the article well by alluding to the subsections throughout. Where it could improve is in citations. The content is good on the basics level and seems to be relatively up to date. However, most data is from either 2011 or 2022 and I am curious if there is anything in between to see how the data progressed over time. Furthermore, I think that the content really just hits the surface level. It could elaborate more on the history, the debates around starting the program, what variations of it were tried out before, the political environment which pushed the program to finally happen. This would be then great background information to contrast with the current state of the program. How has it developed since its formation and how have new political governance shifted how money is invested into the program? Each paragraph only being a few sentences long seems like a good tell that the information is not sufficient. The tone seems neutral, but I think that discussions on the controversial implications could be elaborated on. It is biased in that it leaves some debates out. Sources are definitely missing, there is very few citations and many arguments could be enhanced if there was more details on where the information comes from. Given that there is only one image, I think it would be great if there was more visual storytelling, but I understand that that could be difficult given the topic. Overall, this article could use the most work on content.