User:Kelseymanchester/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Westies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because crime groups have always been very interesting to me and especially in New York City. In addition, this article really grasped my attention because of the first sentence which highlights that they were "responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking and contract killing", which interests me to learn more.

Evaluate the article
Everything in the article is relevant to the article topic however the "history" somewhat distracted me due to the in-depth analysis' of the wars which could have been summarized into a few sentences. In addition, there is not a lot of information in regard to current-day influence or if the group is related to any other groups; Basically this article is mainly describing past historical aspects rather than the past and the present. Also, speaking about future impacts would've helped add knowledge to the reader and allowed there to be a strong understanding of the impacts of the group. In regard to the tone of the article, I feel as though it comes from a neutral stand-point and informational based voice. There is not necessarily any biased toward a particular position nor group. The sources of this article are strong and the links do work. However, some of the links including blue-collar and Thanksgiving do not necessarily relate or support the claims in the article; They more-or-less just give more in depth knowledge of the situation and words that some readers may not be familiar with. The sources come from mostly a diverse array of authors and publications that are neutral and not biased. In regard to the talk page, others are innately just questioning the validity of the article and how there is a lack of information, like I had previously mentioned. My final thought is: Could the author add more information about common day influence of the group? Is there any common day influence or is this group just a historical group that has no lasting impact?