User:Hgerstman/Evaluate an Article

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Which article are you evaluating?
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- Kamala Harris - Wikipedia

I will be evaluating an article on Kamala Harris.

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 to evaluate this article because I am a huge fan of Kamala. she is from my hometown, and she went to my local middle school as a child. It is very important to evaluate her and this article because she is a prominent figure in current American Politics. My initial impression was that the article would be basic, but it's not. Its extraordinarily detailed.

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.)

Overall, everything in the article is relevant to Kamala. Nothing distracted me. Nothing is out of date as it was just edited today, July 21st. There really is not any notable equity gaps, but the article does speak on how Kamala was able to overcome being marginalized in the political world as an adult, and that is very important. The article does maintain neutrality, but she is scrutinized for biases. For instance, her policies and actions might be seen as overly favorable. I don't think any of the viewpoints are overrepresented or underrepresented. The citations and links are accurate. The article references facts with appropriate sources, but not all of them are neutral. There is bias formed from not having all neutral sides. This bias is sometimes noted in the discussions behind the scenes, where editors debate the inclusion and framing of certain information.

I noticed that the talk page really did talk a lot about representation, with editors striving to balance coverage between Harris's the editors wrote about Kamala's accomplishments and controversies. I think that the way Wikipedia talks about Kamala might be different from classroom discussions. This is because Wikipedia aims for a fact-based representation, while talking as a class might be like a subjective analysis and critical debate on her policies and impact.