User:Living2022/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Economic history

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
We chose an article talking about economic history. Being Economics student, this article will help me learn more about economics today. I have interested in this particular article because it talks about economic activities in the past. It is essential to know about the economic activities in the past in order to understand their implication in the present world. "Economic History" considers the early history from the perspective of different scholars around the world. This is important because every country has its effects and economic policies, which is vital to consider when discussing the world economy. I believe this article could discuss more in-depth concepts that have important in economic activities today.

I worked with my partner in this assignment, Hillary.

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 lead section has one introductory line that defines the topic precisely. If the reader is unclear whether this is the right article to use for his/her research, they will be evident by reading the first paragraph.
 * It consists of discussing the topics in the rest of the article. It consists of many hyperlinks, connecting with particular topics' intensive discussion in other Wikipedia articles.
 * It discusses some topics which require in-depth discussion for a user with no information about that term, like quantitative data, quantitative sources, etc. (but it does have a hyperlink, taking the user to another page with detailed analysis).
 * The lead section is concise, giving the reader enough information to analyze what the article talks about.
 * The lead section connects economics to other areas of study including technology, finance, and labor in order to connect a variety of users to this topic.

Content:


 * The article's main body helps bring the history and the present-day impact together. The section with the heading "Early history of the discipline," followed by "Scope and focus of economic history today," helps the user build the bridge between the time gap. Although users with little knowledge about Economics might get a little lost. If the article had shared a practical example like The World Crisis of 2009, would had the transition easy by talking its emergence in the history and its implication in the present world.
 * When talking about historically underrepresented populations, this article is concerned with the general theoretical idea. Therefore it does not have any particular section talking about the following groups.

Tone and Balance:


 * The article mainly consists of technical and theoretical information.

Sources and References:


 * The citation links and hyperlinks are functional. The information has been stated with suitable sources, just like the images.
 * Some of the sources used have further cited information and have enough proof. They have numbers provided by the government.

Organization and writing quality:


 * The article is evident but in some places, it might be difficult for a reader with no prior information about economics. They have shared various articles connected to the main. To make it more understandable for the user, we need to have similar but straightforward terms which are easy to understand for the general public.
 * The article is well written, with a section describing different topics and emphasizing one topic at a time.

Image and Media:


 * The article has an image of a graph in the lead section, and the graph covers a general economic concept of GDP. It showcases the GDP of different parts of the world between 1400 to 2003. The article includes other pictures of books covered, Economic History members at LSE, and Thomas Piketty.
 * The graph's image does not directly connect us to the topic, but it helps in understanding quantitative data.
 * The graph used represents technical data. The mentioned source is self. The other images also have the sources mentioned. Like in the images showcasing members of the LSE Economic History department, the image sources are mentioned (i.e., LSE).
 * Although there could have been more images to make the text more engaging. Like maybe some comic strips, sketches, etc.

Talk page Discussion:


 * One of the main discussions is related to the definition mentioned in the article's first line.
 * The talk page discusses how the history of capitalism should not be added onto this article since ideas could conflict.

Overall Impressions:


 * The article status is that it is developed but it could focus on more visuals to help strengthen the appeal of the article.
 * Overall, it includes many reputable sources along with information on academic journals and Nobel Prize winners in economics, forming a holistic article.