User:Johnnyhoya/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
All American Boys, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_Boys

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because although it was published six years ago, many of its themes remain relevant and controversial today, as the book was listed as the third most banned book in 2020.

Evaluate the article
This article's content is very up to date, as the last edit was made just a few days ago, and the article has citations from as recent as less than a year ago, when police officers and community members at a South Carolina high school challenged the book's usage as part of the eighth grade curriculum. The article's content is definitely relevant to the topic, as it gives a very interesting history as to how the book was conceived by the two authors, and how they wrote the book with the intentions of showing the different yet problematic experiences Americans have with police officers. The lead section is informative yet concise, as it lists basic background about the book (authors, publisher, date, genre, etc.) and just uses one sentence to describe the book's controversy and reception since its publish. Although the "Plot" section gives a brief summary of what goes on the novel, stating how there are two main characters and how the perspective of the book switches back and forth between the two, it doesn't offer much else, so I think it may be beneficial for this article to have an expanded plot section. I would argue that yes, it does deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps, as this book and others, such as The Hate U Give, talk about police brutality and the interactions citizens have with law enforcement each and every day, good or bad. Overall, I found the article to be very fair and neutral, and the sources were direct and still functioning, which was very helpful, as many of the citations link to news articles surrounding challenges to the book all across the country, further cementing the book's status as one of the most challenged in America last year. The article is a part of several WikiProjects, including "Black Lives Matter", "Children's Literature", and "Law Enforcement".