User:Gkat86/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Germantown Friends School

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article is about the school I attended from 3rd-12th grade, and I believed that I had the knowledge background to evaluate it.

Evaluate the article
Overall this article is poorly written and lacks references. The lead section of the article is choppily written, features syntax errors, and is devoid of references. While it does describe the management of the school, it doesn't at all describe the mission of the school as a Quaker institution, and its relation to other friends schools. Though the article does name the current principal, Dana Weeks, but lacks a portion describing the school's curriculum aside from a brief History section that has no citations. While the article doesn't seem persuasive, it does make a statement about how the school used to be more exclusive and selective for students, and doesn't address how the school is currently. That being said, one thing that influences bias is fame, and the article has decently well cited Notable Alumni list towards the end of the article, which seems to me like an advertisement of sorts for the school, especially when lacking other important elements. However, this may be due to the merging of a previous Wikipedia page by the name of Germantown Friends School alumni with the current article. There are no references in the Lead and History sections, but are for the Notable Alumni and randomly inserted Entertainment sections, and the references that are cited are primarily news articles. The only image in the article is the school coat of arms but lacks a caption saying so, and the talk page is empty. This article is part of a Christianity and Quakerism Wikiproject.

It would take some work to bring this article to a readable and cohesive state, as only a brief overview of the school is necessary, but there isn't a lot to work off of. The sections currently featured, aside from the Notable Alumni section, are unsourced and poorly written. This article is Start-Class and of Low-Importance, and greatly underdeveloped. My suggestions for the improvement of this article would be the rewriting of all sections and clarification on the currently cited sources. Writing a caption for the image is also required. I would also suggest adding a mission statement about the school, more about the history of the school as an institution, and write about how the school is now, maybe regarding what it means to attend a quaker institution and the demographics of the student body.