User:Jinge C/Friends of Chicago River/Linagebhardt Peer Review

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 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Friends of the Chicago River


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:Pvazq3/sandbox

Evaluate the drafted changes
The Friends of the Chicago River group did an excellent job of outlining the purpose of the organization, as well as indicating the numerous projects and alliances the organization engages with in order to see their efforts through. The group did an excellent job of pulling articles for their own article, and cited them appropriately.

While the Wikipedia article is well supported, it does not represent all the available news/information related to the subject. Additionally, the group is missing several major projects under their Project section, which is also referenced in the lead. In my revision, I'd include projects such as the Greater Chicago Watershed Alliance, or the Seed Collection Project and I'd also research if there are any additional projects not already referenced in the project section of the article in order to improve the quality of the subject.

Another consideration would be to beef up the Signature Programs section in order to include other programs the Friends of the Chicago River offers, since education and outreach is a major initiative the organization proposes. I found a list of programs here: https://www.chicagoriver.org/programs. The organization also opened its own museum, the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, which is another interesting aspect of the organization, that might be worth referencing.

Other changes I might consider would be to expand the list of board members, if the article will include any board members at all. Since many board members work for other organizations (pertinent to the lead) maybe the revision could list the other board members as they're listed on the Friends of the Chicago River website?

Going forward, the article could include more links to other Wikipedia articles as they present themselves. For example, I added a link to the Chicago River's Wikipedia page, perhaps other links could be included to places such as Glenview, which is referenced in the Signature Programs section. This could make the article more discoverable.

I also found [https://mckinleypark.news/events/all-ages-events/event/20766-chicago-river-day#:~:text=Hosted%20by%20the%20Friends%20of,by%20site%20captain%20Jeff%20Sriver. a link to this article], which contains relevant information to the Chicago River Day, which is referenced in the Signature Program section. Perhaps information from that could be included in the article to describe the event?

Also, the article references the Chicago River Day from last year, but I found that this year, the event will be held on May 13th, 2023. Another consideration could be to include a history section, why was the organization started? What was the initial reasoning? In a future revision, the group could consider renaming the Signature Program section to "Volunteer Initiatives" and create a new section for "Signature Programs" which could be in reference to the education programs the Friends of Chicago River focuses on. In my own group's revision, we should also include a separate section to outline the programs our organizations offer!

Overall, the article and group did a great job at outlining the purpose of the organization, and has matched the content of the article to reflect the lead. The article has mitigated bias, and has incorporated appropriate or notable citations into their article. Going forward, the article contains several areas in which research expansion is possible. Creating new subsections or sections entirely could help to get the full scope of the organization, and would successfully allow the article to exhaust all references. Luckily, the organization has a super interesting and beneficial initiative, and it seems like there's a ton of information floating around which could be incorporated into future revisions.

Nice job everyone! I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.

(In a nutshell, my edits to the Wiki page included changes to verbiage in order to improve readability, created links to existing Wiki pages such as The Chicago River, and edited the suggested founding year from 1972 to 1979)

Linagebhardt (talk) 17:02, 10 April 2023 (UTC)