User:GracieLemon/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Sex and drugs

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 I though it would be an interesting topic that still relates to course content. I am a psychology major and have taken psychology of sexuality, so I thought I could read the article with a more critical eye. The article is important because drugs play a part in social culture today, especially after marijuana was legalized in Canada. As a first impression, I thing the article is a little brief and could possibly contain more information.

Evaluate the article
The articles introductory sentence is a bit vague and could possibly be more specific. The lead is well done, simple and to the point. The content of the article needs to be greatly expanded because it is such a broad topic. The information that is present is up to date, although with the amount of research out there, more information could be present. The article is neutral due to it's mostly scientific basis. It is non-persuasive, fact based with cited sources every time. Many of the sources are getting old, especially when so much new research is available on the topic. More modern articles could be used to bulk up the content of the article. Most of the links appear to work. I think the quality of the journals is fine, mostly scientific and peer-reviewed, just a little out of date especially with the amount of research available on drugs. The article is very easy to read as it is very concise, I did not run into any spelling/grammar issues. The organization of the article is good although I think it should include more categories of drugs. The article could use some images. There are very few conversations on the talk page, mostly people who completed edits or have suggestions on making it better. The article is part of 4 wikiProjects. Overall, the article is okay but could be greatly expanded with more recent sources.