User:Jameststurner/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
John Lennon Peace Monument

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 selected this article because I was unfamiliar with the monument. The article seems to be relatively informal and pulls heavily form news paper articles and more casual documentation of the statue and it's history.

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.)


 * Evaluating Content

Much of the information is tangentially related to the monument. Much of the article seems to be pulled form reporter accounts made during the unveiling of the statue. Perhaps there could be some more information on the monument since it has been unveiled.


 * Evaluating Tone

The article seems relatively neutral. Many of the accounts of the monument do not speak to it's quality. When looking at the "Talk" page, it appears that some of the earlier content was promotional and heavily biased but has since been removed.


 * Evaluating Sources

Of the 6 citations at the bottom of the article, only 2 link directly to articles. The others just link to generic news site landing pages. These sources seem to just be first hand accounts of the statue and seem to be primarily made up by the author's opinion.


 * Checking the talk page

There is not much activity on the talk page other than someone removing promotional material from the page. It is rates as a C and is a part of the WikiProject The Beatles.