User:JMGramajo/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Earth Summit 2002

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because environmental studies are important now and in the future. How we decide to control our environment now can affect the future environment we have. I also chose this article because it is early 2000s which can show expectations the summit had about where we would be today. My first impression was that the author kept the sections concise and organized by different views and concepts. Also by different main ideas such as the involvement of the U.S. in the summit.

Evaluate the article
This article does an excellent job of organizing its information in titles which are easy to read and follow. It introduces the subject by defining it, what it consists of and who it involves. While this article is about the Earth Summit in 2002, it has relevant information about new agreements made many years later in 2015. The article is neutral and talks about countries involved and those who aren't. The writer does not have a certain tone indicating it has an opinion towards one side. The author uses creditable references like the United Nations Website, which can provide accurate information on topics such like this one. This article also provides relevant information, not to take sides or agree with a point of view, but instead it states the fact. One of these facts stated was the involvement of the United States in this summit. This information was not given to say the United States was bad by not being present but just expressed the importance of how the USA not being present made the summits purpose to reach environmental stability more difficult. This article did not have any visual aids such as pictures or videos. This would be perhaps the only suggestion I have for the author. Some visual aid would provide support or evident for the summit taking place or the involvement of other countries except the United States. This article was really well written and showed relevant evidence to support their claim about Earth Summit in 2002 and the after math of this event.