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Evaluate an article: Black Out Tuesday

 * Blackout Tuesday: Blackout Tuesday
 * With relation to the colonial systems and justice aspect of the class and current events with the Black Lives matter movement, I see the media protest of 'Blackout Tuesday' as a fitting article to review.

Lead
The lead on this article is concise and effectively to-the-point. It does a good job on accurately describing what 'Blackout Tuesday' represented and the desired goal. Although it does contain some information on the incidents that caused this media movement to form but does not include anything else, or return to this information, further on in the article.

Content
The articles content is relevant to the topic of 'Blackout Tuesday,' but would benefit from more information on the topic of Black Lives Matter as that is a vital part of the media protest of Blackout Tuesday. Also, given that this topic is dealing with historically present systemic racism it would be expected that there would be some content regarding this- but there was not.

Tone and Balance
The article presented itself with a neutral tone and even listed some of the topics 'concerns and criticisms.' With a topic that is a part of a human rights movement that some see as controversial, it is important to maintain this neutral tone and present it's complications- much like this article has.

Sources and References
The sources used within this article are current, although majority of them are media/news outlets instead of academic/peer reviewed sources. This could be improved by providing more information on the importance of the topic and its history and relation with with racism, activism, and discrimination against Black people within the United States of America. Although given that this is an extremely current topic - these media sources do represent the issue at hand. Something to be edited is that this article references Black creators/influencers but does not directly cite them.

Organization
This article was easy to read and follow, and was broken down into effective sections that were clearly defined and followed. Despite missing some crucial background information regarding Black Lives Matter and more information on a few points mentioned in the Lead, its lack of convoluted language and information allowed for it to be concise and decently written.

Images and Media
The article contained only one image of a black square to show what was used on media platforms in support of 'Blackout Tuesday.' There was not many images that needed to be used for this topic.

Checking the talk page
There is little-to-no behind-the-scenes conversation happening on this topic's talk page other than the addition of a wiki-link to a police officer briefly mentioned in the article's lead. This topic is a part of three WikiProject pages; Discrimination, Black Lives Matter, and United States but has been rated of low importance and as start-class for all three.

Overall impressions
This article does an effective job at briefly describing what Blackout Tuesday is for those who are already familiar with the Black Lives Matter movement and systemic racism, but it severely lacks sufficient background information on these topics necessary for a proper educated understanding. The article on this topic is underdeveloped and contains only base-layer content. It can be improved by adding historical aspects, proper referencing and citations of Black creators, and the addition of academic sources.

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