User:MarleeSacksner/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Adoption

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this adoption article because it is an important topic discussed in our class regarding the kinship theme. My preliminary impression is that this article is well-written with a neutral tone and is very informative, offering historical perspectives and adoption among different types of families and different forms of adoption. It appears well-organized and structured.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: offers overview of adoption and a clear definition. Did not emphasize most of the major sections of the article. Lead is concise.

Content: Mostly relevant to the topic, shows mostly historical aspects, states "original parents" when would be better to say birth or biological parents, offers some up-to-date or modern content as well. Mentions equity gaps and historically underrepresented populations such as the LQBTQ community. However, it is confusing at some points and mixes between modern adoption practices and Ancient Rome content.

Tone and balance: Tone is balanced throughout and very informative. Word choices in some areas could be improved to be more inclusive.

Sources and referencing: Many sources cited throughout that are relevant to the topic and provide further explanations for points. Links work well. However, the majority of the links lead to more wikipedia articles so perhaps more variety and peer-reviewed journals would help strengthen the article.

Organization and writing quality: Article is decently written and well-organized with headlines and sub-headlines that make each part and section clear to the readers.

Images and media: the article includes numerous images and a table. These enhance the article by emphasizing adoption rates and ratios among Western countries and images related to adoption -- pictures of home, high profile historical individuals who were adopted, etc. they are well formatted throughout the article.

Talk page discussion: Concerns about copyright, aspects people have nominated for deletion, and suggestions about titling this article to be more Ancient Rome based adoption, which the article focuses heavily on. There are similarities and differences between class. For example, a similarity in this article mentions different types of adoption with families within the LGBTQ community. A difference is that this article focuses heavily on Ancient Rome, which we do not in class.

Overall impressions: I think this article is in decent shape. However, for claiming to be an article about all adoption it is missing some information. Its strengths include that it includes both historical and some more modern content. However, its wording for titles could be improved and more variety in content. Therefore, I think it is an under-developed article. Also, as discussed in the Talk Page, I am concerned with copyright for the images so checking that would be important for improvement.