User:Kacoba/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Effects of climate change)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because climate change is an important topic that concerns the earth's health. This article matters because it lists the effects of climate change. My first impression on the article was that it contained a lot of information. It also got my attention with the chart it has at the top of its page.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section

This article had a great opener. The lead statement did well in summarizing what the article will be about. A mild attention getter, but it lets the reader know immediately that climate change is real and the effects of it can harm the earth and mankind. The rest of the lead section is organized well and presents basic information about the article's body paragraphs.

Content

This article's information is up to date. The content provides a lot of info about climate change and breaks it down into easy to follow sections. The article covers both the physical effects on earth and the effects on human society. Does address migrants as a populations and uses certain places as examples or studies, but overall the article addresses the world as a whole and not by population.

Tone and Balance

The article does start with the quote "Human caused climate change is one of the threats to sustainability," which could lead to readers thinking that this article is mainly taking a stance against human caused climate change. Though, the tone is neutral when stating the facts in the article. The article does go over all the negatives, but also implies that there are opportunities to change for the better. The view point that is missing is the positive effects of climate change. The article can persuade the reader that climate change is real and that the implications of it can be damaging for decades to come. The article can also make the reader scared. For example, in the "On Humans" section, the article states that scientists have called climate change a "climate emergency" and "an existential threat to civilization." Those are strong statements that can cause fear in a reader.

Sources and References

This article has a lot of sources and references, it includes 241 sources and 24 references. The article uses a lot of up to date sources, with most of them coming in the 2000s and up. After clicking on some links, I find that the sources and references are credible and are excellent. The links in the article work well.

Organization and Writing ability

There are no grammatical errors. The article is well written and organized. The sections are in an easy to follow order and the information from the main topics are represented well.

Images and Media

This article uses different charts, graphs, and pictures to display its information. The uses of images in this article enhances the reading experience. They help put a visual to what is actually happening due to climate change. The images are well captioned and placed correctly throughout the article.

Talk page discussion

The talk page for this article had a lot of activity. Most of the conversations were about the citations. There was also a conversation about where the positive effects of climate change were. The page also discussed some minor corrections to the numbers and stats in the article. The article is rated as a B article and is an article of interest for numerous WikiProjects.

Overall Impressions

The article is well developed and gives great information on it's topic. It is a strong article, as it is backed up by numerous sources and references. The only improvement would be to continue to evolve with research and to add to the article if new information comes about.