User:Ksbasilk/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Benjamin C. Truman

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Truman was a prominent journalist who wrote popular books advertising California.

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

- The article has no clear sectioning; all paragraphs minus the references are grouped into the same section.

- The introduction of the person is concise and summarizes the information presented later in the article.

Content

- The content is relevant to the topic, introducing notable parts of Truman's life.

- The information I am most interested in, i.e. Truman's influential writings on California, is only very briefly mentioned. I wonder if that aspect should be notable enough to be included in the article.

Tone and Balance

- The tone is very neutral.

Sources and References

- The existing links work. Sources seem reliable, but very scarce (3 in total).

- A major part of the article is a direct quote from Truman's book, but it seems to be written by the book's editor or other authors describing Truman's life. in this case, the wiki contributor may consider clarifying the exact author of the quote.

Organization and writing quality

- The writing is decent.

- Organization wise, for the limited length of the article, it is quite clear despite all written in one section, but there is definitely space for more organization and sectioning

- I would appreciate if all his works were listed separately, but this part currently does not exist at all.

Images and Media

- There is none.

Talk page

- A contributor mentioned a potential "Additional Work" section that includes some of Truman's notable publications that are not included on the Wikipedia page. I think it is valuable content and can help create a list of Truman's major publications.

- In 2007, the article was assessed as "may be improved" to be a B article.

Overall impressions

- The existing information is working nicely, while there is a lot of missing information if the article aims to introduce Benjamin C. Truman comprehensively.