User:JaneYin/Evaluate an Article

JaneYin (talk) 09:47, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Which article are you evaluating?
2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The article I choose is about Japan's 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The reason why I chose this article is that I am interested in the knowledge of earthquakes. My initial impression of it was that it was very informative and covered many aspects of the great earthquake and tsunami, such as geography, damage and effect, etc. In addition, the article is supported by a large amount of data, which makes the reader feel the devastation of the earthquake.

Evaluate the article
From the content of this article, the full text mainly focuses on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami to explain. The content of the explanation and the selected pictures shown in the article are relatively neutral, and there is no biased discourse. However, through the comments on the talk page, this article may have data errors and word inaccuracies. For example, a reader pointed out that the data provided in the article about the distance to the epicenter of the Oshika Peninsula was wrong. In addition, the article mentioned that the earthquake caused nuclear exposure, and there was not enough evidence to prove it.

When examination of some citations, it was found that most of the links were valid and supported the article's thesis. Furthermore, these articles come from the government's official website, books, papers, etc., relatively reliable reference materials. However, some links have problems, such as web pages error.

Finally, Wikipedia discusses the topic on the talk page, which can help editors better fix mistakes and add ideas on topics not mentioned in the article.