User:Jab0912/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Delusional companion syndrome

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 this article, as a student planning to pursue psychiatry, in part because of the limited information provided in the article. One of the most difficult aspects of this disorder is the number of unknowns that surround it, especially from a pathology standpoint.

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 section does include a brief summary of the article as well as a lead sentence, however it does not address all of the headings throughout the article and does contain some information that is not present later in the article in any amount of detail. In my opinion the lead section is overly detailed given the amount of information presented throughout the rest of the article, however with proper editing and additions to the article, the current lead section would be fitting.

The article's content is relevant, and what is included is up to date. However, there are a number of sub-headings that are not included at all. With its focus on a mental health disorder, this article does address a sub-section of the population that is historically misunderstood and underrepresented.

In regards to tone and balance, this article presents information from a neutral point of view and in an unbiased manner. It does not make opinion related claims or skew its information to any one side. It does not provide minority or fringe viewpoints, and thus does not have the need to identify them as such. This article seems to aim to provide an informative and brief overview, and thus does not aim to persuade the reader to adopt any particular beliefs about the subject.

Based on my review, it does not appear that all of the information written in the article is backed up by sources, or not all of the sources are referenced. There are only 3 sources cited for this article, which is not comprehensive or enough to validate everything claimed in the article. While all of the sources are dated 2002 or later, only one sourced is dated within the last decade. While the sources do come from a variety of outlets, the overall contribution of authors is not comprehensive or diverse. I was able to check all of the links cited in the article and found they are all active, working links.

While the writing is clear and professional, and the information is placed into categories, many categories that should be present are missing. In addition, the categories placed in the article are not comprehensively written or cited. The article does not contain any obvious grammar or spelling errors.

This article does not contain any images.

The article is a part of the WikiProject Psychology effort to improve the coverage of psychology on wikipedia. There is not currently any ongoing discussion on the talk page of this article, however it does have a redirect link to the Wikiproject talk page which exists to provide discussion of this and any other article falling under its umbrella. This article has a star-class rating with low importance.

The article currently stands incomplete. While it does provide a very brief introduction to the topic of Delusional Companion Syndrome, provides some potential causes with links to the pages of those causes, has active working source links, and addresses its presence in popular culture, it does lack detail. This article could be improved by adding subheadings that address causes, pathophysiology, treatment, related disorders, and the various theories that could explain the topic. In addition the article requires a significant increase in the number of sources the information is pulled from.