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Article Evaluation: Black Lives Matter
Almost all of the topics are relevant to the Black Lives Matter movement, especially the timeline. The article did a good job of informing the audience of the background and structure of the movement. However, I was slightly distracted by the section on the 2016 US Presidential Elections. The title was a little misleading because while it did outline the incidents that involved Black Lives Matter and the Election events, I understood the focus of the section as pointing out distinguished supporters and opposition of Black Lives Matter. The article is primarily neutral, as it cites almost all of the facts presented and talks about both the pro's and con's of the movement. It aims to provide a holistic perception of the movement. However, many of the sources used are newspapers, who are not necessarily strictly unbiased. I think that newspapers were valid sources for the purposes of this page due to it being such a young movement and lack of academic papers in regards to the movement. In addition, the newspapers act as a primary source of information to learn about the events that inspired the movement and to stay updated on how the movement evolves in the US and internationally. To combat the issue of using biased newspapers, the bias should be noted for readers to acknowledge. Overall, the information is mostly up to date. However, there are new incidents occurring almost every day so updating those to the timeline is necessary, as well as new responses by the Trump administration.

In the Talk page of the article, many topics are discussed regarding the style of certain sentences. Active voice is encouraged and there are many detailed arguments on whether or not to include names and quotes in the lead sections of the article. These conversations are essential to maintaining the neutrality of the article and ensuring that miscommunications are avoided on the wiki article. This discussion is fairly similar to the way that we have talked about Wiki articles in class so far. The article is rated as a "good article" and is listed under the Social Sciences and Society Good articles. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: African Diaspora, Politics, Sociology/ Social Movements, US/ History/ Public Policy, Law Enforcement, and Human Rights. It is also a part of Wiki Education projects at CSULB, York University, UC Berkeley, and Hunter College CUNY.