User:Gjoe1973/Evaluate an Article

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

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because Diablo Lake is an important part of the geography of Washington and seeing that there was little to no information surrounding the site was shocking.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

At first glance this article has a good lead section, providing generally what the text is about, but this is the only section the article contains. Since the article only contains two small paragraphs all information presented up front is relevant to the reader overall. The content is related to the topic, going in to detail on the history and creation of Diablo Lake. The last edit on this article was in 2021. There is information missing about all things other than the history of the lake. Content such as the conditions, accurate location, wildlife surrounding and economic benefit of the lake are all things that are not mentioned and could be. The article has a neutral tone that is intended to inform readers on the subject at hand. There seems to only one view point within the article showing an unbalanced representation. Furthermore of the two sources of the current article only one link is still working. The working source is a government map site with the publication date of being 1981, so the information is outdated. There is also an inconsistency with citing the information, the article could be stronger if more resources are used and facts or paraphrases are cited with a footnote. There are better resources available for this article such as state related websites and journals form travelers and locals about the lake. The current quality of writing is good, the article is clear and concise with no spelling or grammar mistakes. Although once there is more content in the article there should be usage of better separation of topics. This article contains two images one is a photograph of the lake and the other shows Diablo Lake on a map of Washington State, neither are well captioned. Currently this article has no discussion on the talk page but is apart of both Wiki Projects Lake, United States and Washington. Overall the current article on Diablo Lake is a good starting point for information pertaining to the larger project and could be improved through specific details on issues surrounding the area. The article's strength would increase if there was more research done on the lake. After evaluating the article it becomes clear that it is underdeveloped.