User:MayaLis1/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?

 * 1) Grassroots Movement

2. Environmental movement in the United States

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Grassroots Movement: Within the sector of environmental justice, there is a push for grassroots movement as there is the debate of top-down vs. bottom-up. This article dives into the what a grassroot organization is and how the movement towards these bottom up organizations came to be in the United States. Communities for a Better Environment, my organization is an important grassroot organization.

Environmental Movement in the United States: I choose this article as I am focusing on environmental justice in the United states. The article covers the history of the environmental movement along with the philosophy that surrounds it. It is a very informative article for understanding how the movement began and continues to function within the United States specifically which is my area of focus.

Evaluate the article
Grassroots Movement:

Lead Section: The lead section is very good. The definition of grassroots is very clear and is further elaborated on withing the first paragraph. The only thing I must recommend is a sentence that details the specifics of what the article will discus.

Content: This article is very up to date as it was last edited April 6th 2024. All of the information found within the content is extremely relevant to the topic and provides a very in depth analysis of what a grassroots mean and embodies. I also feel that the use of more modern examples of grassroots organizations could be helpful to the reader.

Tone & Balance: The article is extremely neutral. It actually offers both conservative and liberal examples of grassroots organization just to exemplify this point.

Sources: The sources all work and contain diverse viewpoints. The article also offers a diverse array of examples. There are some sources that should probably be updated as they are from 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1997. Overall, the facts in the article are all backed up by sources.

Organization & Writing: I am slightly confused by the content under the subheading "Use in sport" as I understand it is grassroot in a sense, however, feel that it is not to the level of relevance it should receive its own heading. Also, I did notice a couple of spelling/grammatical errors

Images: There are no images.

Talk Page: This article is a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. This article is a level-5 vital article and is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This article provides a much more thorough look at grassroots organizations, their history and examples. In class we have looked it different movements from a much more theoretical perspective, however, this is simply informational on the content on what grassroots organization is.

Impressions: This is a very informative articles on what grassroots is and providing examples. However, I think it would be helpful if it went into more of the philosophy possibly drawing on Fraser, Duraippah, and other social philosophers. I would say for encompassing the entire subject of grassroots it is simply developed but is not yet well developed.

Environmental Movement in the United States:

Lead Section: The lead section is very good. The definition of environmental movement within the United States is very clear and is further elaborated on withing the first paragraph couple of paragraphs. The only thing I must recommend is a sentence that details the specifics of what the article will discus.

Content: This article is very up to date as it was last edited April 4th 2024. All of the information found within the content is extremely relevant to the topic and provides a very in depth analysis of what the environmental movement is and has historically been within the US. There are very useful articles provided for if the reader wants to expand on the subject, which is super helpful. I find the content very relevant as it includes current debates, legislation, rights, etc.

Tone & Balance: The article is very neutral and offers a wide range of examples that are without bias but are simply important examples of the environmental movement. However, a criticism to the claim under the subheading "Elitist" would be beneficial to provide an equal sided perspective.

Sources: The sources all work and contain diverse viewpoints. The article also offers a diverse array of examples. There are some sources that should probably be updated as they are from 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996,1997, and 1998. Overall, the facts in the article are all backed up by sources.

Organization & Writing: I think the section "Renewed focus on local action" could be expanded to include information about the shift towards grassroots movements, and elaboration on participatory democracy.

Images: There are very useful images to understanding the environmental movement history and fundamentals in the US. They are all following Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk Page: There is talk on the page about one subsection being biased, which resulted in a change to the article. This article is a C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest for the WikiProjects.

Impressions: I think this is an extremely informative article. I definitely think it can dive deeper into the philosophy behind the environmental movement as well as what the environmental movement means explicitly within the United States. However, for a general understanding of what the environmental movement is in the US, this article does a good job.