User:Malyce H/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Chinatown, Boise

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The Boise Chinatown was essentially erased from Boise's cityscape in the 70s and there's virtually no living memory of the place. The process of its removal was violent, coercive, racist, and undemocratic. The existing article leaves much to be desired. I want to eventually help to fill some of its content gaps.

Evaluate the article
Lead section:

There isn't much of a lead section, since the body of the article begins where the lead should begin. The article essentially lacks a lead, though the body isn't poor in quality.

Content:

The content is focused and relevant. It glosses over the process that lead to Chinatown's demolition, leaving out key details. The bones of a good article, just without flesh.

Tone and balance:

The tone is neutral and the content feels balanced, adhering to Wikipedia's bias policies. The viewpoint of the Chinese population is underrepresented, but that perspective is very difficult to find in the historical record due to various inequities in primary source creation/ destruction.

Sources and references:

The article draws from a variety of credible sources. There's room for more contemporary secondary sources to be referenced, but there are no unsupported claims and the existing citations are well done.

Organization and writing quality:

The writing quality is both specific and fluent. The paragraph organization in the body of the article makes clear sense, though the overall structure deviates from Wikipedia's usual heading-content structure.

Images and media:

The ratio of text to media is good, including both modern and historic photos of the area. The media is on topic and adds to the communicative efficiency of the overall article.

Talk page discussions:

There aren't any.

Overall impressions:

It's a small article, lacking depth overall, but clearly the past author(s) have put in plenty of time and energy. There's a great deal of information to add, but what already exists won't need more than some minor reorganization.