User:LemonExtractor/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
1992 Los Angeles riots

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I've chosen this article because of its pertinence to topics discussed in class. With Los Angeles being the closest major city, the 1992 riots are an important history for someone like me to know.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of this article is detailed and without extraneous information. The introductory sentence concisely lays out the article's topic, and all sections of the article are represented succinctly.

The content of the article is good, with many sections and sub-sections each squarely focusing on what they're meant to. The content appears up-to-date, and it doesn't appear that any is missing or wrongly included. Given the subject matter inherent to the article, it is not surprising the that article does go into detail about typically underrepresented populations and topics.

All information presented within the article appears to be neutrally presented, with no heavy biases towards any particular viewpoint. No viewpoints presented within the article are underrepresented or overrepresented; each viewpoint is defined without the use of emotionally charged language. In no place within the article do any of the writers attempt to persuade the reader into adopting a certain belief.

There are a plethora of sources and references within the article, with most appearing to be both reliable and relevant to the topic at hand. The links I checked work correctly and are from sources published within the last ten years; the second point goes for many of the linked resources. Historically marginalized individuals are not ignored, and, in fact, make up a lot of the sources linked here.

The article is well-written and without glaring spelling errors—certainly nothing I was able to catch. Additionally, the article is well-organized and without opportunity for confusion. Sections are sorted into sub-sections which all reflect the typical hierarchy of information found in other educational sources.

There are a decent amount of images interspersed between the different sections of the article, but I feel that it would benefit from a gallery of some kind. I think they would also benefit from being made bigger in key sections of the article so as to be more visually appealing. While the pictures capture the violence and aftermath of the event quite well, there is ample room for enhancement. Disregarding that, the existing images are well-captioned and comply with Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

The talk page discussions for the article are interesting, as most of them revolve around the representation of race as it pertains the the riots themselves. Posters have all been respectful to each other and disagreements were handled with tact and respect. It is of interest to multiple WikiProjects (too many to name) and is rated as a B-Class level-5 vital article.

I think that the article's overall status is positive. Its strengths lie in its concise conveyance of information and plethora of sources to pull from, while it could use improvement in the department visual aid. All of this considered, it is a well-developed article worthy of the important subject matter at hand.