User:Ldobres/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Name of article:American Indian boarding schools
 * I chose to evaluate this article because it has to do with the documentary we watched about Truth and Reconciliation.

Lead evaluation
The lead includes an introductory sentence that describes the article's topic well. It previews some of the sections of the article but not all of them. The lead includes a block quote about recent scholarship on the topic which seems a little bit unnecessary, especially because current opinions of these schools is not covered elsewhere in the article. Other than that it gives a good summary for someone who wants to get the basics.

Content evaluation
Because this article is about a historical topic there isn't really much that it would need to be up to date on, but all of the information is relevant to the topic and there is nothing notably missing in terms of sections.

Tone and balance evaluation
In general, the consensus seems to be that these schools were bad, but that being said that's not as much bias as it is just what society has decided about these schools. The language itself is neutral but there is of course talk about the negative ramifications of these schools on American Indian communities, which I guess could be construed as persuasive.

Sources and references evaluation
The sources are current with some as recent as 2019. All of the links I checked worked and were to good secondary sources. There is a section in the article on economic repercussions that has no citations.

Organization evaluation
The article is easy to read. There are not any glaring spelling/grammar errors but that being said, I did not go through line by line looking for errors. The article's sections make sense and are organized well.

Images and media evaluation
There are three images, all of which are in the public domain. The images help to give visual representations of the topic. The images are in good spots aesthetically and have descriptive captions.

Talk page evaluation
The WikiProjects that this article is part of are Education, United States, and Indigenous People of North America. It is a C class article. The talk page has a lot of contested topics including the possibility that the information presented may be whitewashed, and even people comparing the schools to the Holocaust! It sure is funny how everything connects!

Overall evaluation
The article is a strong compilation of sources that would be useful to someone who was interested in the topic. It is a C class article. The article could be improved by finding some citations for the economic repercussions section.