User:JulianaRios11/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The Batman Chronicles

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I've chosen this article to evaluate because I am a comic book collector who has a passion for Batman comics! I also believe in the importance of cataloging and preserving information about older comic book series for future generations to reference and enjoy so that they aren't lost to time.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

The lead has an introductory sentence that successfully describes the article's topic. However, it lacks a brief description of the article's major sections, and overall the article lacks major sections to begin with. The singular sentence lead section could be expanded once the major sections are also expanded and more detail is added.

Content

The article's content is relevant to the topic. It is hard to say if the information is up to date, as it details a comic series that ended in 2001. However, the article does not detail any more recent references, receptions, or commentary made about the series, which most comic series do typically have even after they've formally concluded. In comparison to other Wikipedia pages about comic series of the time period, this page lacks significant detail about the creative team responsible for the series, the critical reception of the series at the time, and the collected editions chart needs lots of expansion as well. Overall, there does not seem to be content that does not belong since it is a stub article to begin with.

Tone and Balance

The article is very neutrally worded and presents facts in a well balanced way. It does not attempt to persuade the reader in any direction.

Sources and References

Very few facts are provided in the article to begin with. There is only one source with a viable link, another source with a broken link that leads to a 404 error page, and a "citation needed" marking in another section. The available source is not thorough whatsoever, and given how there is only one source, the article lacks a diverse spectrum of authors. Through some minimal research, I was able to find various other newspaper and book sources that reference the comic series and provide some background on the creative team as well as the special and crossover storylines. These sources are not featured in the wikipedia article, but they should be added.

Organization and writing quality

Because the article is a stub, there aren't many major sections. The material in the article is well-written and easy to read.

Images and Media

The article includes the cover of the first issue of the comic series. It is properly captioned and well cited, and appears to adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk page discussion

There are very minimal conversations featured in the talk page of the article. It is a part of the WikiProject Comics, and it is rated as being a stub article of low importance. The majority of the conversations are more than a decade old.

Overall impressions

Overall, the article is a decently written stub article that lacks the depth of detail and information that is featured on similarly comparable articles (90s era DC comics). The information presented seems to be largely correct but lacks reliable sources to prove this definitively. There are overall large areas for improvement and expansion.