User:Mayashah2/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons (Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose to evaluate this article because I am very interested to see the effect that the pandemic has had on prison systems and how it has been handled. I am interested to see if certain racial groups have also been disproportionately affected within prisons.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The Lead does include an introductory sentence that is concise and address the topic at hand. Overall, the Lead is very concise and well written. However, the Lead does not include a description of the article's major sections-it does not talk about how it is going to break down prison outbreaks by country. Additionally, the article mentions everything but does not go into much depth about the information brought up in the Lead. It would have been nice if the article went into more detail about the protests that have been happening because of this.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is concise and well written.

Content

 * Guiding questions

The article's content is very relevant to the topic. It stays focused on addressing the effect of Coronavirus on prison systems. However, the content is not up to date-that last time it was edited was in May 2020. While this article addresses how prisons have been affected globally, it fails to address how prisoners of certain racial groups have been disproportionately affected by this pandemic. This article also could have gone into more detail about the crowding in prisons or the preventative measures that they have taken/failed to take. Also, this article does not include all of the countries in the world, so it is lacking information. This article deals with prisoners, a topic that is not written about a lot in articles.


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

The article is written in a neutral tone and does not have any claims that are biased towards a particular perspective. There are no overrepresented viewpoints and the article does not attempt to persuade the reader to favor a certain perspective.


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions
 * All facts are backed up by sources, however all of the sources might not be the most reliable source of information. Most of the sources are news outlets, which can be biased or not report all of the facts. Twitter was also sited as a source, which is not a very reliable news source. The sources are around 5-6 months old, so more current sources can be found about the pandemic statistics in prisons. The article did have a lot of different sources and was thorough about citing. The links do work. The sources are mostly written by white journalists, so there is not much diversity in the authors.


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is very easy to read. It is concise, clear, and does not have any grammatical errors. The article is also very well-organized. It flows very well and is very easy to follow. One thing I could suggest is having a main header that says countries and then placing all of the countries into this section.


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

This article does not include many images-if possible, they should include images that show the crowded conditions in the prisons. The pictures that are included are well-captioned and are cited. The images are neatly organized on the left hand side, which makes them visually appealing.


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions
 * This article does not have any conversations. This article is part of many WikiProjects, including COVID-19, Law enforcement,k health and fitness, and disaster management. We have not really discussed the effect of Covid on prisons but we have talked about how it has disproportionately affected marginalized populations. This article does discuss how prisons have been greatly affected, but it does not mention if there are any racial disproportionalities.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

Overall, this article has been written in a very concise and organized way. There is no bias or personal opinions present in this article. However, the article could go more in depth about how and why prisons have been greatly affected. They could include the steps in more detail that prisons have taken and the response from the public and prisoners. The article did start to mention these topics, however, I think the article could be improved if it went into more depth on these topics. Even when it does talk about the prisons in different countries, there is little information and explanation given for each country. Additionally, the article has not been updated in around 4 months and a lot has happened since then. The article addresses the topics within prisons and coronavirus, however it is poorly developed and more information could be added in each category.


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

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