User:Oliviascott3/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Water in California.)

(Environmental Justice)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(I chose this article because it is important to understand the different types of water and its history in the place that I am talking about, California. I think it provided a lot of good information on several relevant areas included underneath the umbrella topic of Water in California.)

(I chose this article because knowing the history of environmental justice is relevant when discussing water needs and the way in which certain people are marginally affected by the lack thereof this basic need.)

Evaluate the article
Water in California: Environmental Justice:
 * This article begins with a concise overview of what the article will be about
 * Not too overly detailed and sets up the rest of the article nicely by laying out some complexities of California's unique position with water but in a way that is not so overwhelming.
 * The article has a lot of great sources
 * one critique would be that the section on ground water was as of August, 2017 and therefor may be out of date
 * Sections are laid out in an organized way (groundwater, surface water, rain and snowfall, desalination, reuse, water distribution, etc.)
 * different sources that provide reliant information on each of the sections
 * one critique is that most of the sources are all other wikipedia articles
 * could use a few scholarly sources
 * Neutral Tone
 * this article is entirely neutral
 * lays out the information in an unbiased and straight forward way
 * easy for the information to be conveyed thus so
 * no minority or fringe viewpoints and are not reflected as such
 * Very well written
 * no noticeable grammatical or spelling issues that I could see
 * Strong, structured sentences and paragraphs.
 * There are many changes being made behind the scenes to keep this article up to date and accurate


 * The first thing I noticed was the amount of great scholarly references
 * many curated sections from scholarly books that have been written on the topic
 * 100+ references on the topic
 * can tell it was very well researched
 * I like the portion on "around the world"
 * gives the article more relevancy by tying it back to how environmental justice is impacting each country uniquely
 * I think the the section on outer space is a little bit random but adds a layer to the argument that proves to be interesting in the widening gap between the rich and the poor and how environmental justice ties into this
 * Overall set up nicely (sections neatly laid out, first beginning with history, then moving on to more current discussions and the way it ties into the broader picture of other movements and the broader global context.
 * In the section about Cost Barriers
 * think that there should be some mention of externalities associated with the environmental
 * therefor the costs would be higher but are getting largely shrugged off and placed onto other people to pay back at a later time