User:NezaBenny/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Super Bowl LV

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am someone who is not only hoping to work in sports media one day but in general just a huge sports fan. Annual events like the Super Bowl are not only big for sports and broadcasting. It also is huge from a cultural and societal standpoint due to it's enormous economic and entertainment impact.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The article’s lead in sentence gives a basic depiction that is easy to understand for all wikipedia users. Even if you do not follow football at all. The lead also perfectly describes the genetic information of the event. This includes which teams played, where it was being played, when it was being played, and how much of an impact COVID-19 had on the game. The lead does not include information that isn’t present throughout the article and it is concise but not overly detailed.

Content

The article is very relevant to the topic and up-to-date with current events. However, as time goes on information will need to be updated. There isn’t any information that is irrelevant and it does mention unprecedented events that occurred in this game. For example, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers becoming the first team to play in their home stadium in the Super Bowl and Sarah Thomas being the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl.

Tone and Balance

The article appears to be very neutral. No bias towards any specific teams or players. It also doesn’t appear to have biases towards specific topics (i.e. COVID-19, racial issues). Overall, it doesn’t seem the article wants to persuay readers to favor one topic over another. It’s overall mainly informative about the event.

Sources and References

The sources given in the article come from a variety of trusted sports reated sources (i.e. CBS Sports, ESPN, NBC Sports,) Most of them are just informative articles than opinionated.Which included stats and historical events that occurred with the two teams. A couple of opinionated articles included were about the halftime show which describes how critics reacted to the performance.

Organization and Writing Quality

There weren’t any noticeable spelling or grammatical errors in this article. I felt it was very easy to understand. There were terms and definitions that any ordinary reader could easily understand. Whether you follow football or not.

Images and Media

The images used in this article give a great visual representation of the event. This included photos of the stadium and certain players that were present in the game. It follows Wikipedia’s copyright regulations and is overall very appealing and user friendly.

Talk

The talk section I found to be very fascinating. One in particular was the confusion over the Super Bowl logo used this year leaving many fans to think it was Super Bowl LIV instead of LV because of how the Lombardi Trophy is depicted. I do not know if it is a part of any WikiProjects and it has not differed from anything discussed in class.

Organization and Writing Quality

I find the article to be quite developed. Obviously information will change overtime. The strengths in this article was how the information is presented that makes it very easy for any reader to comprehend. The article can be improved by possibly adding more photos of the event to make it even more easy for people to understand from a visual perspective. Overall it is very developed but it can use even more details.