User:Hanmarnel11/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Social work

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I work in Social Work and thought it would be interesting to read more about it and its history.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section has a great introductory sentence that explains a what social work is and who it benefits. The lead section gives a general understanding of the article's major topics but does not include anything about the qualifications, professionalism or the use of technology in the article. The lead section does not include information that is not listed in the article and it is detailed short, sweet and to the point.

Content

The content is very relative to the topic, it gives definition to the field of Social Work, its history in prominent areas, gives examples of types of social work, what it takes to be qualified under different social professions, and technology in the field. The references and citations are pretty up to date but it also includes how social came to be and the history of the major influencers who started the mental health movement so some of the information is outdated to its intent. I don't think there were any areas that didn't belong, although I saw an edit in the lead section that is requiring a citation.

Tone and Balance

The tone of the article appears to be neutral and just gives general information about the field. I didn't spot any bias's or opinions, only factual cited information. The goal of the article appears to explain the field of social work, what it takes to become one, and the history of the field. It doesn't take the form of anything persuasive.

Sources and References

I clicked on several of the citation links and they took me to real pages and seem to be accurate links to defend the information its referring to. There are a couple "citation needed" notes after some of them. The references at the bottom all seem to be pretty recent from the last 5-10 years.

Organization and Writing Quality

Overall the article is written well and easy to understand. The only grammatical errors I noted were the notes about the citations needed. The article is well organized, the definition at the beginning and then it goes into the history. After the history it gets into the current field of social work, its roles and functions and primary benefits in the community.

Images and Media

The article does not have any images or media included in the article, I think in this one, it wouldn't hurt to have one possibly in the history section. When it references prominent people in the Mental Health Movement, it would be nice to see a picture of them and give them more credit. Talk Page

The Talk Page is very brief, mostly asking questions and added edits to the beginning.

Overall

The article overall was clear, concise and to the point. The strength of the article was the organization and layout, I think their challenge was not including any media, and not including all of the citations.