User:Nat McDermott/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Milwaukee Brewers

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article because I have been a big fan of the Brewers for most of my life, and it's also a topic that will more than likely have a longer, complete Wikipedia page.

Evaluate the article
Lead section:

The first sentence concisely introduces the topic.

The lead section touches on the history and a few awards in team history, but there are some sections, such as uniforms and franchise leaders, that are not talked about.

There is some small information that is brought up in the lead section and not talked about again, such as the name of their original stadium, and the capacity of their current stadium.

It seems to me like it was a bit overly detailed for a lead section.

Content:

The content is all relevant to the topic

The "history" section doesn't have information on the 2023 playoffs, despite talking about what happened in all of their other playoff appearances, and the overall record is only through the end of 2023, although they've played 14 games in 2024.

I understand not constantly updating the record after every game, but I think it's fair to say the section about the 2023 playoffs can be considered "missing". However, all the content seems to belong otherwise.

Tone and Balance:

The topic isn't really one that requires a reader to choose a side, and the article seems focused on only providing facts, not opinions.

Sources and References:

All of the sources accurately reflect the topic that they refer to.

The sources are current when necessary.

The links all seem to work.

Organization and writing quality:

The article is split up into multiple relevant subsections, which are all pretty well written and easy to follow.

The article does not have any spelling or grammatical errors that I can find

Images and Media:

The article includes relevant images that are well captioned and have the source listed.

The images are off to the side near the relevant stretch of text that they connect to.

Talk page discussion:

There has not been an update to the talk page since 2021, but before that there had been some discussion regarding changes to the article, specifically about whether the Seattle Pilots (the team that moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers) should have a separate article or not.

It is rated as a C-Class article with high importance to the Wisconsin and Baseball WikiProjects.

Overall impressions:

This is an encyclopedia style article that provides a lot of valid information about the topic.

The only weakness I can see is that it is missing a few pieces of information from more recent seasons, but that can easily be added.

Overall, I would consider it a pretty well developed article.