User:Jnguy1004/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Philippine Declaration of Independence

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Chose random article hyperlink on the side to finish peer review assignment.

Evaluate the article
Lead:

The article provides a concise overview of the article and very vaguely mentions some of the topics of the article in the lead sentence. Everything mentioned in the lead is also mentioned in the main article body. It is concise and not overly lengthy.

Content:

The article's content is relative to the topic and seems to be relevant based on the version history and last edits made. It does well in talking about the Philippines independence which i would qualify as an under represented group in history as we probably just take everything but our own independence for granted.

Tone and Balance:

The article seems to be neutral and doesn't try to hint at anything negative toward a particular group. Mostly it seems that it addresses the topic of the article and nothing more which i would call a good thing. It does mention the struggle of independence which could be seen as a minority viewpoint of the events that transpired during the time and does not seem to persuade the viewer in any way negative or positive. I will mention that it does speak of the United States in multiple manners both good and bad but i believe that it is enough to not view them in any particular way.

Source and Reference:

The sources are very good as most of it comes from a library or historical records and not from an outside website. I am unsure how current the references are as they just mention it is from a historical group or library without specific books mentioned but i believe that for this article it wouldn't matter as it is a historical event. The article seems to have been written mostly form the sources so i would make the assumption that they are thorough and that they are referencing multiple authors from the libraries mentioned in the source and reference area. The links do send you to correct websites.

Organization and Writing Quality:

I think the article is easy to read and if i found the topic more interesting i would enjoy reading the article. It doesn't seem to have any grammatical errors. It seems as though it is organized well and in chronological order.

Images and Media:

It doesn't include too many images that directly help the reader understand or help the article historically speaking. Although it does have an images of the declaration and currency depeciting the event. The images are captioned well and come from public domain/ not copy righted. I don' t think that it makes a huge difference in article quality but i suppose images are better than no images.

Talk Page:

It has a fairly hefty talk page that i honestly don't want to sift through but just skimming through it seems as if someone was messing with the article as a joke and that someone wasn't very appreciated of it. It is a start class project with a top importance rating. I think that everything is very neutral and that the facts offered in the article are presented better than what i have seen in essays that i have proof read in the past.

Overall Impression:

I think the article still needs a lot of work put into but i think that it already has the framework to be good just needs some more pictures and some more information.