User:Mrichardson4/Evaluate an Article

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Boris Johnson

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because we briefly discussed Boris Johnson in last week's class and he is a political figure I am interested in learning more about.

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'''Overall, the lead to this article is concise and to-the-point, briefly summarizing who Boris Johnson is and why he is relevant without going into too much detail. The lead briefly touches on subjects that are part of the article's major sections, including Boris' early life at Elton and Oxford, early career, his career as mayor, his return to parliament, his election to the position of prime minister, and briefly touches on some of his political positions, such as the Vote Leave campaign. The lead does not mention subjects that are part of some of the article's major sections, such as childhood or his personal life. The lead is concise and to-the-point, briefly summarizing who Boris Johnson is and why he is relevant without going into too much detail.'''

'''Regarding the content, everything written in the article is relevant to who Boris Johnson is. The content is mostly up-to-date, but there are a few areas where more up-to-date sources would be welcome. For example, under the section "Further reading," there are two books recommended: The Little Book of Boris, written by Iain Dale and published in 2007, and The Thinking Man's Idiot, written by A. Vasudevan and published in 2008. To make this article more up-to-date, it would be good to add a book to the recommended reading list that has been written about Boris Johnson within the last ten years. A place the article could have included more voices from underrepresented groups would have been under the Reception section. Here would have been a good place to include how leaders of minority communities have reacted to Boris Johnson.'''

'''Regarding tone, the article was was written from a neutral point of view. For every source that criticized Boris Johnson, there was another source to defend him. One quote that could have been addressed more was under the Reception section. It includes a bold claim by The Economist, which described Boris Johnson as "In The Economist 's 2018 end-of-the-year awards for "the worst in British politics", Johnson received the highest award—that for the "politician who has done most to let down his party and country". It described Johnson as one of the architects of the Brexit "catastrophe", and "the most irresponsible politician the country has seen for many years." Given the levity of this accusation, it would have been good to discuss how this claim was received by The Economist's readers and address how Boris Johnson reacted to the accusation.'''

'''The sources were good, including mostly peer reviewed articles and academic websites. The article was also organized well and it was easy to for the reader to understand. Regarding the images and media used in this article, most of the pictures serve to enhance the reader's understanding. All of the pictures of Boris Johnson interacting with different world leaders served to enhance the reader's understanding of global politics. With that said, there were a few pictures that didn't add anything and could have been removed without taking away from the quality of the article: namely, the picture of bikes on a bike rack under the policies subsection.'''

'''Overall, the article is well organized and is written in a neutral tone that doesn't suggest bias on behalf of the author. The article could be improved by providing more up-to-date books in the Recommended reading section, by making sure all of the images used are relevant and weeding out the ones that aren't, and by including more voices from historically underrepresented communities.'''