User:Kamuicase/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Dave Bronson

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This is the wikipedia page for the mayor I will be researching, Dave Bronson.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is incredibly short, but the information that is present is accurate and well-chosen. The information is relevant to Bronson's position as mayor of Anchorage, AL, and his past career in the military.

The content is relevant and well-written, but exceedingly sparse. The description of his election victory to become mayor is well documented, but the descriptions of his policies as mayor are not detailed. The section on his personal life only describes his immediate family without any other information that could be useful.

The tone of the article is mostly neutral, but some word choices come close to advocating against Bronson's policies. The article describes some of Bronson's comments about sending homeless people to the "lower 48" but doesn't use quotes, suggesting that this is paraphrased. In this context, that term has a negative connotation (at least to me) and makes it seem like the article is portraying Bronson negatively too. Earlier in the article, Bronson's assessment of the covid vaccine is "experimental" properly has quotes around it, which should have been the case for all potentially contentious comments from him.

The links to sources do work and are relatively recent, with an obvious caveat being that they're mostly from 2021 since the article is about Bronson's start in office (although one is from 2023). The quality of the sources seems appropriate, as they are almost all local Alaskan news organizations.

The writing quality is good, but the organization is strange. Bronson's mayoral accomplishments are written under a heading in bold, but none of the other headings are formatted this way. The description of his policies as mayor could be under the larger career section, but having only one category bolded appears awkward.

Only one image of Bronson appears, but is placed appropriately and aids understanding. Perhaps other pictures--especially when he may be discussing policy or attending the places he refers to--could be useful.

I don't see much information on the talk page except for the deletion of a photo. I think this was because of a violation with wikipedia's rules and a different picture was used.

The article is a good foundation that can be improved with more content, more consistent formatting, and a better accountability for what is quoted. Charged language with significant intent inferred from context should be quoted as such.