User:Jaycar71/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Silver Gavel Award

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article when looking through academic disciplines. I am starting law school soon and this topic/award was something I had never heard of. Anything relating to the law can be of very much importance. My preliminary thoughts regarding this article was that this award was being given out to the most prestigious legal candidates who accomplished big feats in the practice and/or study of jurisprudence.

Evaluate the article
After reading and reviewing the article, I realized that there was not very much to this article at all. I was slightly wrong about my first impression because, historically speaking, the Silver Gavel Award has been given out to media producers and their role in portraying the legal industry to the public. The sources in the article that I looked into all seemed to check out and be accurate. For the most part the content was good. I think I would have liked to see the article include names/titles of where all the awards went to instead of just naming how many were given out for different years. The article was last edited in November 2020. The information looks relevant and up-to-date. As previously mentioned, I think that more information about what/who all received the awards would be beneficial for anyone interested in indulging in good and/or accurate media concerning the study and practice of jurisprudence. The only thing listed on the talk page was someone suggesting more sources; no conversations about the contents of the article. It is clear written and easy to understand. I would also say that the article is well organized. The articles strength is that it explains what the 'Silver Gavel Award' is, and how it is awarded, to the articles consumers. The article is related to multiple WikiProjects (including Freedom of speech, Books, Human rights, Law, Internet, United States/Government, and Awards). I think the article could go into more unbiased detail about the selections to have received the award, and also updating it to add all entities that have ever received it. I would say the article is developed decently but needs some more information to be considered complete. Also, the article should be updated each year as new recipients receive the award.