User:MiguelM27432/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latinx&oldid=1173846431

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I know there is controversy surrounding the term and was interested in seeing how the article would acknowledge the controversy. This article matters because it is important to acknowledge and define terms which are used to identify individuals. My first impression of the article was that it was comprehensive but definitly tended to focus on the negative reception of the term.

Evaluate the article
The article's introductory sentence is very clear: it describes who the term refers to, where it originates, and it's recent appearance. The lead section overall does well in summarizing the article but feels overly detailed when describing the popularity of the term. The content is well organized within the article, and the information is still relevant to recent developments surrounding the terms usage. The last update made to the article was September 4th, 2023 and all content in the article relates to the term Latinx.

Multiple perspectives are represented in the article however there is a tendency to focus on the disapproval of the term. Most of the article's language is neutral except for when describing the disapproval of the term Latinx, creating a negative tone. While the article does not attempt to persuade readers it is certainly inclined towards a negative perspective overall. The most recent references are from March of 2023 and the oldest are from April of 2015. The article references many articles from reputable sources such as The New York Times and Psychology Today but many of the resources used tended to be news articles or blog posts, making information susceptible to bias.

The article was easy to read and very clear when providing information such as statistics the article interpreted the percentages in a way that would be easy to understand. Additionally, the article was also well organized making it easy to follow and find specific details or information on the topic. There is only one piece of media present in the article, it is relevant to the section in which it is placed and helps the reader contextualize the usage of the term and its origin in reference to how it has been received by media, politics and the Latin American population. The article is part of three wiki projects: Gender Studies, English language, and United States: Hispanic and Latino. The article has been identified as a contentious topic which may explain the tendency to focus on the negative reception of the term. The talk page and article both focus and describe the large negative reception of the term Latinx keeping the positive reception minimally represented or only briefly spoken of.

Overall the article was very informative and clear but lacked representation of the positive reception of Latinx in the Reception section. One edit I would make is to incorporate any references which may have been placed in the notes section of the article into the references section; most of the notes section is made up of references.