User:Janehoopes/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Talk:1st Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it was applicable to the topic of United States history. It involves a niche group in a large topic so I thought it could be interesting to evaluate. My initial impression was that it would include the history of the creation of the U.S. Colored Troops, what they accomplished, what happened after the Civil War (did they join the white troops? Receive recognition?).

Evaluate the article
The articles status was C-class/start-class. This is because it was of low importance and it also was incomplete. The article pulled from many sources and shared insights on specific individuals of importance. It also held a neutral tone. It could be improved by adding a more cohesive timeline of how it began and what happened to it after the civil war. It also could have added more credible sources to bring it all together and add more backing. The lead section could have also given a more complete overview of the article. My evaluation of this article is that it was not terribly written but had a lot of gaps that needed to be filled. The information was okay to read for fun but if I was wanting to get solid information on the topic, this would not have been enough.