User:Jonest92/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Andy Schor -

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because his wikipedia page is almost non-existent, and as he's the mayor of the largest city near me I find it important that a comprehensive coverage of him should be available for free online.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section- The lead section of Mayor Schor's article is extremely short and only briefly covers the position he holds and the government position he held in the past. It has no information regarding what might be covered in later sections of the article. It could be described as concise, but I would describe it as a lazy and lacking important information.

Content- The content of the article has no misinformation in it, but the real trouble lies in the amount of content that is in the article all together. Its missing any sort of description of his early life, and doesn't go into adequate detail about how Schor rose to become the mayor of Lansing. The content is at least up to date though, as his most recent reelection is included in the article. They could do with mentioning anything to do with policy he has passed or played a role in passing.

Tone and Balance- The tone of the article is completely neutral. there is no evidence of any bias towards Schor or any certain viewpoint about him or his policies. This should be taken with a grain of salt though, as it would be hard to show bias of any kind in a wikipedia article that has so little substance to it. In fact, one might say that viewpoints weren't actually represented at all, and that only the simplest baseline information is given.

Sources and References- Considering how little content is actually contained in this article, its actually pretty well sourced in its references. There are many draws from information that the county clerk or office of Lansing published, which are both obviously extremely reliable sources. Also the Lansing state journal is referenced and a biography on Schor, so overall the sources chosen were reliable in general. The links work, and it would be hard to say that many better sources were available other than speaking to Schor directly.

Organization and Writing quality- The article is concise, in fact is probably far too concise in its presentation of information. There is somewhat or an organizational structure that can be noticed, but given the amount of content its hard to tell. There are no spelling or grammatical errors that came to my attention when reading through the article.