User:MWairimu/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating? Speech–language pathology - Wikipedia
(Provide a link to the article here.)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

This is an article about my profession. The article seems well researched but it has some gaps and open tasks e.g. dysphagia. Some of the information also seems old e.g. salary survey cited was in 2013.

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.)

The article has a strong and concise lead with good subsections. SLP in the US and Canada is well represented but there's no information about SLP in other parts of the world. it is part of wiki projects in applied linguistics, disability and education. Some of the conversation on the talk page are dysphagia as one of the major areas that SLPs address, and representation. Some of the information is also outdated and there are citations needed.

The article is a class c mid-importance.

Feedback from Vetter
Hello - Great work on this article evaluation of Speech-language pathology. I think it's a good choice to work on for this assignment because of how closely connected it is to your professional career, as well as because of the obvious developmental needs it demonstrates. Your evaluation, while brief, points out a few major issues such as the lack of a global scope in the article (focus on U.S.), as well as outdated information and neeeded citations. I noticed the reference number 24 went to a moved/broken link in particular.

All of these would be great starting places for your editorial work. I would also recommend a textbook or simular manual.handbook as a good source for general info.

Just keep in mind that you don't need to take the article to any kind of "final version" - the assignment requirements are


 * Minimum of 4 references cited and added to Wikipedia article
 * Minimum of 300 words added to Wikipedia article

I'm excited to see what you will do with this article. Keep in mind that a draft of your edits is due on Oct. 4.

-DarthVetter (talk) 20:37, 26 September 2022 (UTC)