User:Kayyaguirre/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
David McClelland

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article on David McClelland to evaluate based on a book he wrote called, "The Achieving Society." In this book he developed the "Achievement Motivation Theory," more commonly known as the "need for achievement." This was intriguing to me because I felt that I could learn why I feel motivated from my achievements. This could also be an important topic to others because many other people also receive motivation from achievements. My initial impression of the article was I was able to learn about who McClelland was and what his accomplishments were however I feel like there is more that can be expanded on especialliy in the Life and Career section.

Evaluate the article
In the article on David McClelland the lead section is a well written and concise introduction on who McClelland was and what his major accomplishments are. The content of the article is broken up into sections starting with McClellands life and career followed by sections dedicated to each of his areas of work. Each of these divided sections have brief overviews of the research he did for each study as well as what his results were. However not all sections were written with the same amount of detail. With that being said I think these sections could use some editing and more research can be done to add details. The tone of the article is written in a neutral point of view and is written unbiasedly. As for references and citations there is a definite need for editing as some citations have been completely left out. The talk page for this article does not have much going on and there are no conversations happening. This article is a part of the Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, and I am currently the only student editor. My overall impression of the article is it has some great point and subject I just believe that some areas can be elaborated on and improved.