User:Morgans02/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: (link) Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I am very interested in Economics and it is my major.  COVID 19 has had such a dramatic impact on our economy and I hope to learn more about it over the next few years and see how everything plays out.

Lead Evaluation

 * The introductory sentence is a little too vague and does not really imply that the article has anything to do with economics, but the lead makes up for it by including information about all of the sections of the article, without including anything not in the article. My one criticism though is that it is a little overly detailed and could be condensed more.

Content Evaluation

 * The contents of the article is all relevant to the topic, however, it is from September 2020 so the information should be updated due to current events. I think it would be beneficial to add a section about the ongoing "second wave" and how people starting to gather again may have helped businesses, but now they are closing down again in many areas.  The article addresses gender issues and how the situation impacted many countries, but I think it would be good to add a section about racial inequality and how that impacted testing accessibility and healthcare.

Tone and Balance Evaluation
I would say that this article is neutral and focuses mostly on informing readers about the impacts. It is a good sign that it does not say anything about COVID-19 being a "political hoax" as many political groups in the United States believe it is. Therefore, I would say that the tone and balance does not need work.

Sources and References Evaluation
There are a lot of sources available with the article and all of the links I tested work. The sources given are current in the sense that they are from the time of COVID-19. I think it would be beneficial to add some sources from recent times given the fact that this is an ongoing crisis that has new developments everyday.

Organization Evaluation
This article is easy to read and does not have any super noticeable grammar or spelling issues that obstruct the ability to read the article. I like that there are sections focusing on different industries and different countries.

Images and Media Evaluation
The article includes lots of images to help us visualize what happened in different areas, each image has a caption and I have no concerns about any copyright issues. However, lots of images are just pushed off to the side and I feel that there are ways to make it look more visually appealing.

Talk Page Evaluation
There are a few conversations occurring in the talk page that I found to be notable. One of them mentioned how this article is somewhat related to another article on the Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS, but I am a little confused about what that means. Another person mentioned how the article stated that the pandemic "caused" civil unrest in the United States, in relation to the George Floyd protests. I feel like there is a good point why this should be taken out. Though these tragedies occurred in the same time period, I feel like saying COVID-19 "caused" civil unrest is a very broad claim. This is a C-Class article and it is part of multiple Wiki Projects, including: COVID-19, disaster management, Economics, International Relations. This article relates to the Economic Growth part of the UNSDGs.

Overall Evaluation
The article is a C class article that needs work. I think that the article is strong in the sense that it covers information from many nations and industries, rather than only focusing on China or the United States. However, I feel that the article needs more economic analysis rather than just base level supply and demand information. It also needs to be updated because many new events have occurred. Overall, this article makes sense but needs more development in many areas.