User:Hreuter4/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species_Act_of_1973

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 choose this article because this is a topic that I have heard about before in other classes but was brought back into my mind when we talked about some conservation acts that have be done in the past 100 or so years. This matters because it is good to know what laws and acts we as a society have in place already so we can expand upon those ideas. As well as create new laws and acts that fill in the gaps of what we have already. My impression of this article is that it is very well informed and gives the background information needed to understand what this act was, why was it important and why it was very progressive for the time period it was passed in.

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 into this article is very well phrased and informative. I was able to get engaged as well as get information about what this act was and what it does even in modern times. I think that the lead in has enough information that it sets the scene well for what the 'endangered species act of 1973' really is. It does go into detail about certain sections that are really important and give context as to why they are so impactful. Even though there is a good amount of information I still think that it all fits and goes well together. As you get down the page into the different sections I think that this wiki article is broken up very nicely. It first starts out with a history section that allows the reader to get more background information, once again helping set the stage and get context for everything that this law does. Throughout all the different sections I felt that it was very organized and flowed well with how as a reader I wanted the information. There were also a good amount of resources that I could click on as I read if I wanted to get a deeper understanding of a smaller point in this article. Overall I think the 'Endangered species act of 1973' is a well written and well organized article that gave me a good understanding of what the act was and why it was important for conservation biology.