User:Msowers77/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Internet activism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this subject and article to evaluate as I am interested in this subject and have participated in multiple internet activism and in person activism events.

Evaluate the article
The first sentence does explain what internet activism is but does not include a description of the articles major sections. The last line seems out of place though talking about research, especially when the research talked about in the 'Development Process' section needs a citation. The content is related to the topic but the 'Uses' section is much larger than every other part of the article, which is to be expected as I would want examples of different  uses of internet activism listed. I would love to see a list of internet activism activities with a paragraph about each, but that would make for an even larger article. This would also keep the content up to date as there is a section on early activism but nothing on current activism. The content does not seem very up to date as it does not mention any of the reddit protests that have happened recently but does cover other recent social media networks. The whole section on the development process of internet activism should not be included as it does not have a citation. The article has parts about historically underrepresented populations and their internet activism.

The article looks to be pretty neutral and has a section about criticism of internet activism. A lot of the articles talk about activism that is more liberal than conservative with a small amount of the information being about conservative uses of internet activism. Minority viewpoints are noted and have many instances, while fringe viewpoints are not listed much but are noted. The article does not attempt to sway the user as far as I have seen.

Not all facts look to have sources, some are just articles on websites, even if they are larger websites like The New Yorker or The Atlantic. The sources are not very current with less than 10 being from the last 4 years. I'm not sure if the sources are from historically marginalized individuals without looking through each source individually which, with 122 citations, would be a lot of work for this small assignment. The sources that I clicked all worked, and some were archived.

The article is hard to read in parts and could be reworded so it is easier to understand. I did see some errors that could be fixed easily. The article organization could be improved. Some of the headings used a different header size than they should be to remain consistent.

The images included in the article do not help the understanding at all, one is just someone on a laptop on a couch. 2 of the 3 images are not captioned. All the images look to adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. I would expect more images of examples of internet activism.

It looks like there were some arguments about what to include in the article because of marginalized groups and how they would feel about it. It is rated start-class with high importance to several WikiProjects; internet culture, Sociology: sociology movements, and Internet. The discussions are a bit different as I feel the liberalism of the students in class and the teacher stand out more in class discussions but the discussion here tries to be neutral about the subject.

It looks like the article could use a major revision to include much more current activism, include more verifiable sources, and change some of the layout. The status of it as a start article is correct as it has a long way to go to reach a Good Article status. I would rate the article underdeveloped as it stands now.