User:Michelleho1100/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: Hunger in the United States
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I decided to evaluate this article because it is extremely relevant to my practice experience organization which aims to eliminate food insecurity among college students, particularly in UC Berkeley.

Lead

 * Guiding questions
 * The Lead includes an introductory sentence that provides context about who is affected by hunger in the US. The lead addresses some of the different sub-populations affected by hunger, proposes possible causes, and a brief history of food insecurity in the US.  However, it does not provide a brief description of the article's major sections as outlined in the table of contents. The information in the lead seems to match with the information presented in the article.  The Lead is pretty concise, however, adding more detail seems unnecessary.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The article's content is very relevant to the topic as it focuses on food insecurity, different areas and populations that experience hunger, effects of hunger, possible solutions to hunger, and the history of hunger the US. The content is up-to-date as it includes a sub-section on how hunger has increased due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The content is well organized and all appear to hold a strong connection to the main topic of hunger. The article addressed topics related to historically underrepresented populations such as racial and ethnic minorities and low-income families that tend to face hunger more frequently than others.


 * 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 presented with a neutral tone, no obvious biases are viewpoints seem to be over or under represented. The article does not attempt to persuade readers, rather it presents statistics and facts about hunger in the US.


 * 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

The article often refers to the USDA and articles by experts on food insecurity and hunger. Many of the sources are newly added as they refer to the COVID pandemic and are from the last couple years. The sources do seem to be from a diverse spectrum of authors in regards to gender and ethnicity. Most of the links seem to be functional.


 * 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 well-written and because it is so carefully and methodically organized, it has a good flow and is easy to read and understand. The article is broken into big, overarching topics, such as geographic and demographic disparities, history of hunger, and hunger in the pandemic and is then further broken down into concise, smaller sub-sections. The article does not seem to have many grammatical or spelling errors.  One possible error I saw was the use of "maybe" instead of "may be," but I did not notice any glaring errors.


 * 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

The article includes images that enhance the understanding of the topic. For instance, many images show volunteers working in food pantries or soup kitchens to combat hunger as well as images that show graphs of data in easy-to-read format. The images are well-captioned and can be understood and interpreted without needing further context. The images appear to adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations as they are mainly pictures of volunteers and charities and the images of data graphs appear to be from public sources. The images are all aligned to the right uniformly.


 * 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

There is not much current conversation in the Talk Page as the last discussion was in 2019. Most of the discussion is about improving content and broadening the scope of coverage so that the article can get a Good Article rating. It currently has a c-class rating and ranges from mid to high importance. It is involved in many WikiProjects including United States, Food and drink, Agriculture, Human rights, and Economics. The way Wikipedia discusses this topic differs from class discussion in that it focuses more on the history, background, and context of hunger rather than ways or actions we can take to limit hunger.


 * 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

The article's overall status is s C-class rating with mid to high importance, depending on the project it is a part of. The article's organization and sources are its strengths because it is split into categories and sub-categories that are easy to follow and pull from many diverse, reliable sources. The article could be improved by going a little more in depth into each sub-section; as of now, the sub-sections are a little on the concise side. I would categorize this article's completeness as well-developed with room for improvement in depth of information.


 * 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?

Optional activity

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