User:Fluffypompoms/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Parody religion

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
As a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) topic, religion is something we must consider when designing computer software--for this reason I have chose to evaluate the Wikipedia article on parody religion. As the main goal behind parody religion is to challenge the more conventional belief systems that we see in today's society, I believe that this is an important topic to consider when discussing how religion is represented as a DEI topic.

Lead Section
Considering that majority of this article is a list of different parody religions with a short description in a table-like format, the few paragraphs in the beginning are considered its "lead section". That being said, these introduction paragraphs does a fairly good job at summarizing the overall topic without getting into too specific of information.

Tone and Balance
I think that the article currently shows too much opinion towards the topic that just facts. In particular, the last sentence in the fourth paragraph, the article poses the question whether followers are serious about their religion or if it is a joke. Although "parody"--a word meaning a feeble or ridiculous imitation--is in its name, we cannot automatically assume that these religions aren't legitimate belief systems.

Sources and References
There are a large variety of sources referred to in this article, however, I am not sure how reliable some of these articles are. I am especially weary about references 20, 30, 33, 45 which are pages from the religion's official website, as well as the sources that are magazine articles. There is also one resource that looks to be a book on conspiracy theories as the title makes it seem to be biased towards the legitimacy of these religions.

Content & Images and Media
Despite possibly being biased, the article does seem to only include relevant content. All together, it only has 2 images and while these images depict symbols relevant to a couple of the parody religions listed later on, I do wish there were more images considering there are over 20 different religions mentioned. The image at the top of the page shows two pin badges, one of which is the Darwin Fish--a variation of the Ichthys symbol used in affiliation with Christianity. While this symbol is an example of a parody on religion, it is not one that is mentioned anywhere in this article. Either the Darwin Fish symbol or other Ichthys symbol variations should be added to this article, or this image should be taken off.

Overall Impression
Even though this article is meant to cover the broad topic of parody religion and not a deep dive into each religion, I wish there were more of a detailed explanation of each religion rather than just being directed to the individual articles. I feel like understanding the ideals behind each religion would create a better environment for learning about the role of parody religions as a whole.