User:NopeDotJPG/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Environmental studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This is my major, that is why I chose to evaluate the page.

Evaluate the article
This is a fairly short article, and may not be a good example of a decent article. It is however informative.

Lead section


 * Lead paragraph starts clearly with a description of the topic.
 * Lead paragraph does not include descriptions of the article sections.
 * Lead paragraph does seem to include information that is not in the article anywhere else.
 * This lead paragraph may be too detailed.

Content


 * Content is relevant.
 * Content seems to be up-to-date, has recent citations.
 * It does feel like there is content missing.

Tone/Balance


 * Article seems neutral.
 * There is no bias apparent in the article.

Sources/References


 * Many of the sources are older.
 * There are a couple recent sources.
 * Links seem to work correctly.

Organization/Quality


 * Organized, sure, but the sections are so short. Doesn't feel quality.
 * No grammatical or spelling errors.

Images


 * No images!

Talk Page


 * Talk page has seen a fair amount of use for a small article.
 * Wikipedians seem concerned about maintaining neutrality.
 * A few Wikipedians echo the sentiment that the article is underdeveloped.

Overall Impressions


 * This article is underdeveloped and too short.
 * The lead paragraph is doing a lot of heavy lifting that it shouldn't.
 * Needs more content. Prominent people in the field, more history, a state-of-the-field section maybe.