User:MargoK1309/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Race and health in the United States

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because it is something that I am very intrigued and curious about and would like to know more about.

Evaluate the article
Leading Section

- The lead section of this article describes what the article is going to contain and goes a little bit in depth about the reasons for why this is a growing topic today. The information is concise but does not flow very well together.

Content

- The content of the article is very up to date and relevant, it contains a lot of research and statistics to show the gap between races and their health/healthcare in the United States. The content does address a lot that most people do not think about or want to ignore and does help spread the information about the equalities in the healthcare system today.

Tone and Balance

- The article does not voice opinion but does state a lot of facts and shows a lot of statistics to back up the claim of race inequality within the healthcare system. It represents minorities well but is focused towards the injustice the African American community faces in the healthcare system. Some people could be deterred by this because of out dated beliefs but once you read the article and statics the facts are too proven to ignore. The article does include many other races and what the are facing health wise in the article as well to balance it out though. The tone and balance for this article was done very well in my opinion.

Sources and Reference

- The article contains lots of information and sources, the sources are all cited correctly and the ten I checked were all working and up to date websites. The sources come from all different kinds of places with many varying authors, this is important because it offers many different perspectives and lessens the chances of bias in the research.

Organization and Writing Quality

- The organization throughout the article is very well, it is easy to follow and read. It contains good grammar and is easily broken down into the main topics.

Images and Media

- There is not many images and media in this article but the few that are there add to the article well. I personally think it could use more images to add to the content to draw more attention to certain topics. The image and media placement could also use some work because they are not very prevalent and easy to miss.

Talk Page Discussions

- This article is a part of multiple WikiProjects. The talk page has a few entries about adding some information to the page but overall praises the article for its information and citing.

Overall Impressions

- I think that this article is very good and knowledgeable, but it can use some more images and media to help give better visuals and draw the reader in more. Other than that I think it was written well.