User:Moody3ssaf/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Environmental studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I have always been interested in our planet and the environments that humans and animals share across the world. It is important for me to learn about the environment because planet Earth is my home. It's always good to understand what actions you can take to protect the environment and also what actions to avoid so you don't harm the planet. Ever since I was a young boy, I was always curious about the earth's environment.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The topic sentence does include a brief of summary of environmental studies. It is different than what I had previously thought it would be, and includes ideas like politics, humans effects on environments, policies and more.The lead is not overly detailed, but it provided just enough for me to get a larger understanding of environmental studies.

Content

The articles content is very relevant to the article, and it describes what Environmental Studies is in a quick summary.The article content is still up to date, because a recent 2020 article shows that Stanford is still the best school in the world for environmental studies as it is stated in the article.

Tone and Balance

The article is written in a neutral point of view and is clearly and plainly informative. It does not convince anyone to be interested in environmental studies or try to convince the reader to major in this topic. There is absolutely not persuasion throughout the article.

Sources and References

The sources are current throughout the article. I clicked a random link and it sent me to another page proving that the links are real and that they work.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is easy to read and there are sections where it speaks on a specific topic about environmental studies. Some words are large and could be replaced by easier to read words that still have the same definition.

Images and Media

There is a beautiful picture of planet earth as shown from space. It is captured clearly and is clearly related to the topic which is environmental studies.

Talk Page Discussion

I don't see any discussions occurring about the article or any ratings, but it was recently edited a couple weeks ago.

Overall Impressions

The article's overall strength is it's lead paragraph because it does a great job of narrowing down the idea of environmental studies in a formative summary. The article could be a little longer and provide more detail in other sections beside the lead, but other than it was enjoyable to read and doesn't have too many errors.