User:J-smoothe06/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
DC Comics - Wikipedia

Why have you chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because I'm deeply into comic books and this is one of the publishing companies I read from. It matters to me because it draws interest to learn about the history and how it evolved to such a great company. My first impression was I didn't expect a variety of information about DC Comics to be on Wikipedia. In addition, I was amazed about the description of the different ages of DC Comics.

Evaluate the article
Lead section (Needs Work)

it does include an introductory sentence and clearly describes the topic. It does include some description of certain sections, but not all. It includes some irrelevant information that shouldn't be in the lead section. For example, it takes about the locations of where the company would be. I think that part should be in the body of the article. It includes information in the lead that is not present in the rest of the article such as the locations. It's overly detailed due to giving unnecessary information that doesn't relate to the article's major sections.

Content (Excellent)

The content is relevant to the article's topic. It gives a lot of important information about the history, struggles, achievements, and evolution of DC Comics. The content is up to date.

Tone and Balance (Excellent)

The article is neutral. There were no claims that seemed biased to a viewpoint. They article doesn't uses any forms of persuasion. The representation of the viewpoints seemed neutral.

Sources and References (Very Good)

The facts were backed up by secondary sources. The sources worked and are current. However, the publisher uses the same hyperlink too often for the same words.

Organization Quality (Excellent)

The article was well organized in terms of giving a timeline of DC comics and breaking them down in the Age of Comics such as the Bronze Age or Modern Age of Comics. There were

Images and Media (Good)

It does include images for better understanding of the topics. It provided pictures of the pioneers of DC comics, which gave interest. All the images are well captioned, describing the picture. Most of the images such as the comic strips/cover adheres to copyright regulations. However, some of the DC logos may not be under some copyright laws, which the publisher of the article was warned. The images are laid out in an appealing way.

Talk Page Discussion

A citation bot reviewed a citation that was used incorrectly. There was the editing of words and dates. The article was rated a C. The article is a WikiProject.

Overall Impression

The article deserves a B because the content was on point in chronological order. The article provided a lot of links to things that we may not know to get a general understanding. However, the leading section does need work such as giving a little summary of what readers may see in the major sections of the article. In addition, the publisher needs to avoid using excessive hyperlinks. It's underdeveloped since it's missing a reliable leading section.