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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: Social work
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: i chose this article because i find social work an interesting topic because it deals with helping people.

Lead evaluation
The lead for this paper provides readers with an introductory sentence that clearly and concisely describes what social work consists of. The citations used in the lead are recent and not out of date. The article does include a brief description of major sections including: history, transtheoretical models, trade unions, and more. However, it lacks a description of the section on profession and qualifications. All information covered in the lead is also covered in the rest of the paper. The amount of information in the lead could further be developed to explain the other major sections in this paper.

Content evaluation
The content in this article is relevant to the topic because it explains the history of social work, major theories, and how people could become a social worker and the qualifications. Most of the references used in this paper were created in the past 10-15 years however there is a few papers that were cited from 1995-1996.

Tone and balance evaluation
The topic is just describing the concept social work and doesn't seem to have any biased opinions. In the social worker in literature section, it is stated that there are not many novels regarding social work, however, this may be not true, because maybe the author did not view enough possible literature.

Sources and references evaluation
The sources and references in this article are accurate and provide the reader with thorough information that reflects the social work background. Majority of the references have been created in the past 15 years, however there are a few that were made in 1995-1996, which could be updated. The links work and present the sources accurately.

Organization evaluation
The article on social work is concise, clear and easy to read without any grammatical errors noticed. There are multiple sections which accurately help explain what makes up the topic social work. Each section is well organized and provides the reader with accurate information.

Images and media evaluation
The article consists of 2 images which accurately represents the topics in which they appear. The images are captioned well, however, could add a some more descriptive characteristics. There could be an addition of images, for example there could be an image in the section explaining fictional social workers in the media. By adding more images, the article could appear more appealing. I was unable to find a reference regarding the images.

Talk page evaluation
The only conversations in the talk page of this article is an addition created by someone and their explanation. Another conversation is provided by two other people that describe the paper as being informative and straight to the point. There is one person who asked where to find social care on wikipedia which could be one area that needs to be covered.

Overall evaluation
The article is well informative regarding the topics that it discusses. Some strengths include being very descriptive, covering its major topics well, and providing images that represent the topic. The article could be improved by adding more images and covering the topic of social care. I believe the article is well developed and covers the main points of social work accurately.

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