User:Laura21hg/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I decided to choose this article because in this research project I wanted to analyze the effectiveness and the role that the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan played in supervising the ceasefire in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. When considering different Wikipedia articles, such as "Kashmir conflict" or "Foreign relations of India", I found that this one was the one closest to my topic of interest. On the other hand, as I am taking a United Nations’ course this semester, I was really interested in its peacekeeping missions so that I decided to explore the efforts of the UN in resolving this conflict. From my perspective, this subject is still of great relevance for both India and Pakistan because the Kashmir conflict is still an ongoing territorial dispute. Finally, my preliminary impression of this conflict was that it still remains as a major source of tension for these countries and a potential cause for regional conflict.

Evaluate the article
Regarding the leading section, even though it does include a concise introductory sentence that describes the theme of the article, I don't believe the first paragraph summarizes with enough detail the whole content of the article, nor does it include a reference to all its sections. I consider its content is not up-to-date as there is some missing information with regards to the current role of the UNMOGIP. Furthermore, this article dedicates a lot of information to the overview part while neglecting relevant data on the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan section.

The tone is employed in a neutral way since there are no sources of biases or overrepresentation of some viewpoints over the others. For that reason, I don't believe this article tries to convince the readers in favor of any position.

Although the sources used are relevant to the topic, as well as accurate and reliable, I also missed some UN documents that could add more information to the article. Finally, I would like to include more current sources to express the present-day situation. Considering the organization and writing style I do think it is of great quality, although some small changes might be done to improve its standard. The images included respect the rules of Wikipedia and I wouldn't add more media because I don't consider it is significant for this topic. The Talk page still has some ongoing debates and discussions on issues like the leading section or the possibility of a biased approach. Moreover, this article is part of 5 WikiProjects.

Overall, I believe this article can be improved by adding more information regarding the UNMOGIP from reliable sources, such as documents from the UN, NGO or government institutions, as well as by improving its leading section. Furthermore, I would like to explore the possibility of a biased perspective with the aim of improving its neutrality and accuracy of sources.