User:Greenthumb7/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blockade_of_Yemen&wvprov=sticky-header

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen to evaluate this article as I have already added to it and because it needs so be edited. It matter because it is on a current event and related to our class topics.

Evaluate the article
Lead section- The lead section of this article is strong. The fist sentence clearly states what the wiki page is about. It does give a quick background but includes facts that are missing from the article and does not give information about what is discussed in the following sections.

Content- The content is relevant but is not entirely up to date. There is missing information about the famine caused by the blockade. It has a section that has links to other pages that should be included in more sections. It does lack history surrounding famine used as a control means and a war tactic.

Tone and Balance- This article tends to lean more towards one side and does not give the full picture. The tone appears to be neutral but facts seem to be presented from one side.

References- There is only one source from this year and majority of sources are from 2017. It appears that the links are working. There are a new markers on the text that state, "needs citation". There are multiple citations from news articles that keep up with death tolls.

Organization and writing quality- The text can be hard in a few areas to follow but for the most part it is concise. The article does contain a few grammar issues. The article attempts to breakdown the topic in different subtopics but this seems abrupt and weirdly organized. For example, why is America's role the first subtopic?

Images and media- The images and media seem scarce and more about the landscape than anything. The images are well captioned. One of the images is of a child in front of dirty water were they are attempting get drinking water. This image causes me to think about the one discussed in class of the child and the vulture. The images are oddly placed.

Talk page discussion- There is only one post in the talk page.

Overall impressions- The page seems very underdeveloped, unorganized, needs to be proof read and the images could be stronger. The information above gives insights to how the page could be edited to be a stronger page. Images and text could be placed to highlight history, relevance and a clear understanding of the Blockade in Yemen.