User:Julie.Sto/Evaluate an Article

User:Julie.Sto/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Student Sustainable Farm at Rutgers

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article because it is a topic related to my field of interest/study, I was searching and struggling to find one of interest and then I came upon this one. It seemed like an ideal concise article to begin with.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: The lead begins with identifying the subject covered in the article, however it is missing an overview of what the article's main sections entail. It also provides information about the CSA model not included in the article, as well as details regarding the universities internship model.

Content: The article isn't up to date as the cited articles are dated from 2010. The article provides a brief overview of the Student Sustainable Farm at Rutger's University and its connections to the community. There are details missing regarding their methods for organic farming, when stating "farmers use an understanding of natural ecosystems" some examples are provided, but a clearer overview of what this means could be included. More details could also be included regarding how social links are formed and what the "important consequences" are regarding relationship building created through CSAs.

Tone and Balance: The article is mostly written with a neutral tone, however under the Connections to Community heading, the authors voice is present. The second paragraph reads as though there is author bias and their personal experience is apparent.

Sources and References: The article is lacking sources and citations. The bibliography contains articles that are out of date and inaccessible. It also contains non peer-reviewed articles.

Organization and writing quality: The article contains grammatical errors and incomplete paragraphs. There is a lack of proper transitions between paragraphs and subject matter.

Images and Media: There are none

Talk page discussion: There have been no discussions on the talk page

Overall impressions: The article is rated as start-class and it has been rate as low-importance. It is under-developed and could use up to date sources and improvement on the overall structure of the article. Some information is provided for the reader to develop a basic understanding, however citations are required to back up certain statements and more detail is required for the reader to acquire a deeper understanding of the Student Sustainable Farm at Rutgers.