User:Jilldesjardins/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ottawa Public Library

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate the Wikipedia page for the Ottawa Public Library. There were many reasons why I wanted to choose this article. The first being that the library is a wonderful service that not many people utilize, even though it is free. The library functions a lot in the communications sector, not only do they stock media pieces (books, movies, video games, etc) but they also commonly host different events, provide shelter and resources to people that are not fortunate enough to have them, and organize events such as information sessions about the COVID-19 pandemic. I also chose this article since I wanted to evaluate something I am familiar with for my first attempt at doing so on Wikipedia. I chose the Ottawa Public Library specifically, since this city is where the University of Ottawa is located, and we even have OPL branches near campus, on Rideau street.

Evaluate the article
This article's main purpose was to educate readers about the Ottawa Public Library and all of it's branches in the city. In the article various information was presented and discussed, such as some services the library provides, when it was originally founded, and a new branch that is opening later on. The lead sentence was short and concise, explaining the main idea of the OPL. The few links to other websites and other Wikipedia articles that I checked all were functioning correctly and as intended. This article was well organized with many sub-headings and sections to sort information, and the information throughout the article was up to date (for example, there was information in the article regarding a new library branch that will be coming to Ottawa soon, which was only announced earlier in 2021). I read through each section of the article and insured that all of the grammar and sentence structure was correct. Overall, the article was very easy to read and contained little to no grammar, sentence structure or formatting issues. In my opinion, this article was lacking some information that I considered important knowledge about the subject. I added some new sections to the article, such as a list of all of the branches in the city, and some minor sentences with additional info such as where to access library services, as well as the fact the library got rid of holds in early 2021. When editing this article, Wikipedia also prompted me to find more sources for the article, as the originally editors used minimal when originally writing it. After searching through the sources used by the original editors, I noticed that a severe lack of a variety of sources were used. Although most of the information required for this article can be found on the Ottawa Public Library's official website, this article could benefit a lot from some additional sources in order to ensure that all information is thoroughly backed up and accurate. Overall, after some minor additions and edits, as well as adding some additional sources to improve the reliability of the article, this page was very well done. Considering it is about a niche subject that is the library system of one town in Ontario, it contained enough information to satisfy the requirements I had in mind when searching through the article.