User:Jhrechka/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Abortion in the Republic of Ireland)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(I choose this article because I am doing an assignment on abortion in Ireland is another class and I have done some of my own research on the topic. My overall impression is that the articles provides the reader with a decent overview of the issue of abortion in Ireland.)

Evaluate the article
(Lead section- Abortion in Ireland includes a good introductory sentence through explaining what the situation of abortion is within Ireland. It gives a good overview of the articles major sections with the exception of public opinion section.

Content- the articles content is relevant to the topic. The content is up-to-date up to 2019, after that year there is not very much content. Perhaps the article could include more information on more current public opinion on abortion. The article does not address topics related to historically underrepresented populations- it could include more information on the effect abortion laws have had on migrants, people of color and on different socio-economic classes. It also could include more on the movements for and against the legalization of abortion.

Tone and Balance- the article is neutral and does not appear to have any extreme bias. However, there was the word ‘bogus’ under the section about women pilots feeling pressured to have abortions to ensure job security.

Sources and references- fairly well done. Again with the pressured abortion section it only has one news article attacked to it- not a great reference. There are 94 references, many of them are from Irish Times. Not every piece of information on the page is backed up by a reference. Links I pressed worked.

Organization and writing quality- the article is well written with some minor grammar issues here and there. Word pressured was spelt incorrectly. The article could be organized better- the historical section could list this chronological with some of the other headings put into a different section.

Images and media- does not include photos

Talk page- it is involved in a number of wikiprojects- abortion, Ireland, law and feminism. There is good talk going on about how to word certain things, organize the page as it evolves and how to represent certain cases correctly.

Overall impressions- this pages provides readers with most of the information that is needed to get a general understanding of abortion in Ireland. I think it would be helpful to reorganize the article a little as well as add some information on the influence of the church on abortion since that is an important issue in Ireland. Overall, it is decently developed)