User:MeaganP11/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Conor McGregor

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I decided to chose this article because I am a huge Connor McGregor fan. I have recently watched his fight against Dustin Poirier and was inspired to dig a little deeper into not only his career accomplishments, but his personal accomplishments. At first glance, the article seemed to be well detailed and had much information I was not knowledgeable about.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

- The lead introduces the topic of the article which focuses on the life of mix martial arts fighter Connor McGregor

- There is a contents list that follows the introductory paragraph

- The lead does not present information that is present in the article

- The lead is short and concise. It gives us an idea of who Connor is, as well as glazes over his main accomplishments and defeats.

Content

- The article's content is relevant to the topic as it speaks about the most relevant parts of Mcgregor's life

- The content is extremely up to date. It even speaks of McGregor's most recent fight on January 23rd, 2021

- All information presented in the article is relevant to the topic

Tone and balance

- The article is from a neutral point of view. No opinions are stated.

- There are no biased claims. All information presented are facts.

- The article does not attempt to persuade the reader in one position as the article is more of a biography.

Sources and references

- Most of the information cited in this article comes from online news articles as well as interviews with McGregor.

- The sources range from articles that were written years ago, to just months ago.

- Most of the links seem to work.

Organization and writing quality

- The article is easily comprehendible. It uses simple language easily understood by many age groups.

- The article doesn't seem to have many if any spelling mistakes.

- The article is separated into many subsections that make the read easy to follow

Images and Media

- There are three headshots of McGregor as well as one at a UFC promotion event.

- Only two of the pictures are captioned.

- Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?

- In my opinion, more pictures could have been included to appeal to the reader

Talk page discussion

- There have been many updates proposed in the talk section.

- People are proposing edits concerning information that has changed over the years (ex: He came back from retirement so someone made the suggestion to update that information).

-Others are recommending that information be added such as him being the most followed Irish celebrity with over 36.3 million followers.

Overall impressions

- In my opinion, the article is very extensive. It captures McGregor's career very thoroughly. If anything could be added to the article, it would be more information about his life outside of the ring.

- One of the article's weaknesses is its lack of information on McGregor's life outside of UFC. There isn't much information about his personal life.

- Overall, the article is pretty well developed.