User:FrioUverd/Evaluate an Article

FrioUverd (talk) 04:07, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Which article are you evaluating?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church#

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article on the African Methodist Episcopal Church because the community in church plays an important role in Black Food ways. For many individuals who do not have many options around their homes for groceries, they often go to church to be fed, or receive food donations for the week.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The lead section is lengthy and some details such as, (" which had been founded either in December 1784 at the famous "Christmas Conference" or at its first General Conference at Lovely Lane Chapel meeting house in old Baltimore Town"), that aren't needed in the introductory sentence because they go into details that aren't needed for the lead section. The introductory sentence is concise, but the rest of the lead section is long.

Content: The content in the article should be updates and double checked for correctness because it pertains to the history of methodists churches in America. Some of the sources are older than others because of the history of churches.

Tone and Balance: The article is neutral and does not attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or the other. It relays factual information about the formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Source and References: Some sources of this document are current and others are not. For example, the Structure section of this article needs multiple sources to be updated on it. While it may be common knowledge to the person who wrote the section, it is not very clear to anyone who is outside of the African Methodists Episcopal denomination. Some links have been changed into screen captures to accommodate for the fact that the webpages are old. The sources are very diverse and all come from very different authors with backgrounds in theology, the church, and geography.

Organization and Writing Quality: This article well-written and clear. It isn't concise because there are a lot of details that are important for understanding the history behind methodists churches in America, however, there are multiple areas where information needs to be updated. Each section does a good job of organizing information in a way that readers will understand.

Images: The images align with the text in this article and are captioned nicely. However, the image with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama is misplaced because it is included in a section that is talking about the past of African Methodists churches, not their present or future.

Talk page: The African Methodists Episcopal Church is rated highly on the African Diaspora and Methodism because the church is critical to the history of Christian demonizations in America. The Wikipedia page discusses this topic in a lot more depth than we have talked about it in class. It does mention being a food way for all people, which is really important. From understanding church foodways, questions like, "What type of food was served?" and "How did that change cultural palettes?" can begin a discussion of African influence on American food culture.

Overall Discussion: The article can be fixed in multiple ways. It can be fixed by updating source links or finding new sources that better support the information provided in the article. The article can also be fixed with the update of names in the article. It is important to corroborate information about names and the loss of information of many names in this article calls into question, its quality and accuracy.