User:Mennette/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Assassination of Malcolm X

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I plan on editing this article so I figure it best to evaluate it first. The circumstances surrounding his murder and the conversations that have been had about it since made me feel obligated to ensure the facts are stated in the article. At first glance, the order of paragraphs makes me uneasy about the tone of the article.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The topic doesn't leave much room for ambiguity, and the information concerning the historical event is accurate and verifiable. However, many parts of the article contain conjectural information; Information that could give reader's a biased outlook on certain people and organizations. The addition of these statements, whether or not intentional, sets a partial tone for the article. The structure is good and easy to read. The images used are well captioned, properly cited and adhere to Wikipedia's policies. The talk page also mentions the use of information that has been speculated and a warning is shown above the page that highlights this.

Overall the article is necessary and does a good job relaying the facts. However, a topic like this comes with a lot of discussion and stories and unverifiable information. The article at times can veer too much in a certain direction whether or not it was done on purpose.