User:Harr1547/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Andy Schor

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because the page for Mayor Schor has very little information. It could definitely be update to inform people about important details about their elected official. Also, as a student at MSU, I live very close to the city of Lansing. So, Andy Schor at the Lansing city offices are relatively local to me.

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.)

The lead of the article concisely and clearly organizes the topics of the article. It does this by starting with the straight forward facts of the topic which make the rest of the information relevant. For example, stating that Schor is currently the mayor of Lansing and that he is a member of the Democrat Party.

The content of the article is quite inadequate in terms of information on a politician. It is not exactly relevant to the topic, being that Schor makes local governmental decisions which impact many people's lives. Instead the content of the article focuses on his personal life and career history, without going into much detail. The article does not talk about any policy of legislative decisions made by Schor as an elected official.

For the same reason, the article displays a large amount of neutrality. It does not go into detail about any political information, other than his career history. So there is no room for political bias or critical analysis of Schor. This makes the article nonpartisan and not persuasive to an impressionable reader, despite Schor being a Democrat.

The article contains one image, a headshot of Schor. It is well captioned, with his name and position listed directly below.

My overall impression of the article is that it was very straightforward, yet informational at the same time. It did not waste time talking about unnecessary topics, but it covered the most basic analyzations, such as career history and education. Nevertheless, I think that more information could be added based on his accomplishments as a politician.