User:Makuraren/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Unmanned aerial vehicle

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article for the soul purpose to look into the utility of drones in the modern era. It matters because not a lot of government officials and law enforcement understand the potential security risk drones make in our growing technologically advanced society. Criminals could begin to manage drone operations in localized areas and it would be rather difficult for anyone to do anything unless certain safety measures could be made to enforce FAA regulation. My preliminary impression of it is that it contains information spanning far between history and functionality. This is good for comparing historical differences and purposes for drones.

Evaluate the article
Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Yes, everything is related to all aspects of drones. The pictures and diagrams don't distract me but rather offers visual representation and data necessary for each category.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

The software section seems to be out dated by about a year and a few months. FAA guideline sections should be added or integrated with the regulations tab.

Can you identify any notable equity gaps? Does the article underrepresent or misrepresent historically marginalized populations?

No, I can't at least that would be pointed out for drones.

What else could be improved?

I think that there could be better diagrams used to represent data, or at least a provided summary and higher quality graph in certain areas.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

Yes, I would say it is neutral. There isn't really a bias of information in given that most of what we know about drones came almost exclusively from government agencies and private contract companies.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

No.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

Yes I checked 3 links and they match up.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

Yes they are reliable. Most of the information comes from peer reviewed articles and publications.

Do the sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications?

Yes, some come from books and others come from international websites/articles.

What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

Most of the conversation is about fixing ambiguities which might have been looked over when someone edited the article.

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

This article is rated as a C-class and is apart of 6 WikiProjects.


 * Military history
 * Aviation: Aircraft
 * Law Enforcement
 * Robotics
 * Technology
 * Science Policy

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Wikipedia discusses the topic of drones more in a military/history orientated way while we talked about the social functionality drones offer today.