User:Jsteve17/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Pride in STEM

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen to evaluate this article because as a person who is LGBTQIA+ and as someone who supports promoting diversity in STEM, I felt it was a good article to look through. I also chose this article because it sounded interesting.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The Lead Section is concise with multiple references that directly describes the organization it is discussing. It provides information about the organizations origins as well as the definition of STEM.

Content: The information and content provided in the article is minimal, but well organized into sub-categories including the events the organization has held and a section that discusses awards that the organization has won previously. The content comes with a good amount of references and citations, though many of those citations come directly from the organizations website as well as numerous magazine articles. Some of the references come from the Royal Society of Chemistry and various universities throughout the UK.

The content focuses on the events that the organization has run or been a part of. Missing is more information about the organization itself and it's history. The tone is neutral throughout the article, merely stating the things that the organization has done while still supporting and representing the LGBT community. All of the references are fairly modern as the organization only came to be in 2016, though many are from 2020 or later. It does not appear that the article has been updated recently as the events mentioned only go through 2019.

Overall, the article is clearly organized with the contents properly placed within the sub-categories used. It is written in a way that is easy to read and understand, and it is kept simple and to the point.

The only image used in the article is the logo of the organization. It is not captioned but the name of the organization is in the logo.

Talk Page: The Talk Page features minimal edits, most done by the main contributor of the article. The last edits were completed in 2020 and most of the edits to regarding template fixes and creating connections. One edit does add it to a Wikiproject.

Overall Impression: Overall, I found this article to be a good source of very basic information regarding the organization is is about, but find it lacking in history of it. Though it is relatively new, I would have liked to see more updated information about events they have been a part of as well as any other efforts their group is making. I also would have appreciated more information about the creators and the current staffing of the organization.

While appreciating the references from universities and journals, most of them are from being directly mentioned or working with the journal or university. I find the sources reliable in relation to the article since the article is only simply mentioning the events that Pride in STEM have attended.

Improvements could be made by adding additional information about the recent events, as well as information about how the organization worked during the COVID pandemic. Providing more information about their partnerships and how the organization is run would also be an improvement. It's under-developed as an article, but the information provided is well explained.