User:Jjjbrz985/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Sport bike Sport bike

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) I am interested in sport bikes and the talk page indicated that there is some editing needed to be done on the article such as citations and other information. I am also somewhat knowledgeable on the subject and I think this will help with finding information to edit.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.) The lead section provides a definition of sport bikes and a brief history of them with some citations. The first sentence of the lead is fragmented and could be stated more clearly. There is a box that includes the outline of the article's major sections. The lead is pretty concise and does not seem to include information that shouldn't be present. It is not overly detailed.

The content seems to be evenly divided into the important aspects of the topic. The information is relatively up to date or still relevant, but is mainly from the early 2000's. There are some sentences that have a [self-published source?] tag so that should either not be included or researched further. It does not address an equity gap and is part of a larger project of Motorcycling.

the tone and balance is neutral although there were some comments in the talk section that disputed over different viewpoints on which company originated the term, superbike. Some bike brands seem over represented in the article, but the tone is neutral.

The sources and references list no scholarly sources and there are some advertisements listed as references. They are mainly from the 2000's and not within the last 5 years. There is not a diverse amount of authors in the references. There are many pop article references from magazines and motorcycle news stories. There are also some books on the history and other information about sport bikes. The list is not really diverse or scholarly and I am not sure if it is because there is not a lot of scholarly articles on it or not. I found a few scholarly articles that may be relevant. All of the links that I tried seem to work. There are some that link to other Wiki sections or articles and some that link to reference materials.

The organization and writing quality seems to be sort of clear, but some sections are hard to understand. I did not see any grammatical errors. It is broken down into 3 sections and maybe could be clearer if there were more sections.

The images and media that are included are photos of sport bikes or parts. They identify different classes of the sport bikes or unique parts that are common to them. The photos are kind of small and hard to see at a glance, but they are captioned. The images are kind of grouped down one side and in the middle of the article.

The talk page has discussions as recent as May of 2021, but most are from 2015 and before. It is part of a larger project called "Motorcycling" and has been labled a level-5 vital article that is C-class. The back and forth seems helpful and is not negative.

Overall impressions is that it is an important article, but could be organized a little better and some scholarly sources would add to the topic. The photos need to be more clear or of more close-up shots of the motorcycles. I think some more recent sources would make the information more up to date and current in the article too.