User:Manes-notatis/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
2010 Alaska USAF C-17 crash

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article popped up as a C-class article in the aircraft section. My brother was a loadmaster at JBER when this accident happened so I wanted to learn more about it.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: Good overview, but the sentence structure could be changed to give the section a better flow. It provides enough detail that someone could read it and know what the article is about, but it doesn't go into too much detail. All of the information in the lead section is included in the main article.

Content: The article contains relevant and up to date information. It also includes a link to the USAF report about the accident, providing more information for anyone who is interested in reading an official and more detailed account of the accident. This article doesn't address an an equity gap.

Tone & Balance: This article is written from a neutral point of view, does not attempt to persuade the reader, and doesn't overrepresent or underrepresent any viewpoints.

Sources & References: Most of the sources are news or magazine articles, but the USAF accident report is also cited. All of the facts in the article are cited.

Organization & Writing Quality: The article does a good job of linking to other Wikipedia articles, providing an easy way to find out more about the C-17, aircraft stalls, Boeing, and the affected squadrons. I didn't find grammatical or spelling errors, though there could be some improvements to the sentence structure to make paragraphs flow better. Also, the dates are written in day/month/year format. I don't mind that (it's actually my preferred style), but it may throw off those used to the month/day/year format.

Images & Media: Yes, there are quite a few images, and they're all captioned in an informative way. There's also a video of the beginning of the flight. All media is from official USAF releases.

Talk page discussion: There was a discussion about whitelisting an article from examiner.com, which would normally not be an acceptable source. There's also a question about the phrasing that the crash was "believed to be" the first fatal crash of a C-17. The discussions seem pretty similar to what we've seen in class. The article is rated as a C-class article and is a part of several projects: WikiProjects Alaska, Aviation, and Military History.

Overall impressions: The article seems rather short, though I don't know what else could be added. Maybe more information about the airmen who were killed? Like I've mentioned before, some of the paragraphs could be restructured to create a better flow. Overall, I think it's a good, informative article.