User:Immenseseagull/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I thought that starting with an article about a famous book would allow me to work out the kinks of editing. I am also very familiar with Mark Twain's contributions to American literature.

Evaluate the article
In the section about the significance of the book, I felt like the last sentence was a bit odd. The information didn't really relate to larger themes in the novel and just talked about how the boys thought smoking a pipe was cool. In the last paragraph of the plot section, the inflation was only calculated for 2022, not 2023. I also think that, although the article briefly touches on criticisms of the book, the reasonings could be more clear and discussed further. Additionally, the criticism section doesn't begin with criticism or controversy surrounding the book or author. It begins with an explanation of the narration. I will say, however, that the majority of the sources linked in this article were reputable, save for the few random websites. In the talk section, other editors seemed to agree with my judgements about the themes section, eg. that it was sloppy and disconnected from the rest of the article. Additionally, there seemed to be some controversy over the authenticity of the plot summary. A few editors seemed to think that the plot summary was copied and pasted word-for-word from spark notes. So that's definitely interesting.