User:Omattera/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Academic disciplines: Developmental disorder
 * I have chosen this article to evaluate because the topic is in conjunction with my future career, as well as important to know the definition of developmental disorders and initiating thought on possible ways people with developmental disorders could be delayed in progression due to COVID-19.

Lead
The Lead provides a nice overview and broad definition of developmental disorders, with additional links attached to more complex words to help understand additional definitions. In addition to helpful definitions, there is a mentioning of what disorders will be talked about, outlining major sections in the article. A brief overview of the main topic of treatments is not mentioned in the lead, but makes up in conciseness.

Content
The article's content is extremely relevant to the topic. The content is up to date as well. The content provided in the beginning of the article matches up with what is spoken about in the rest of the content of the article. This article does not take into account different cultural, economic, gender, or environmental factors that should be considered for diagnosing a developmental disorder and treatments.

Tone and Balance
The article does give neutral facts for developmental disorders with no heavily biased claims.

Sources and References
All facts seem to appear to be backed up by reliable secondary source of information and reflect the available literature on the topic. In terms of currency for sources, some are dated back more than ten years, in which could support out dated points, as developmental disorder research is on going with more current research yearly. A few links to some articles sourced are not able to be found or not posted on the internet anymore. There is a diverse range of authors and relevant information.

Organization
The article is concise and very well written. Reading through this article, I do not see any spelling or grammatical errors. This article broken down efficiently and allows for an easy read. There are great main topic headings and then many other sub topic headings with information that relate to the main topic heading.

Images and Media
There are no images or media in this article.

Checking the talk page
The conversations make note of other sections that could be added to strengthen the overall information of this topic. There is one user who is using this as a WikiProject and this article really shortens and gives a concise over view of what developmental disorders are, so I have learned more about this topic in relevant psychology courses.

Overall impressions
The status of the article is active. The strengths include a brief overview of what developmental disorders are, a few main disorders and their treatments, and quite a few of current sources. The improvements should be tailored to more commonly seen developmental disorders that reflect the current prevalence rates, information on current research regarding treatments for these disorders, and a section dedicated to a historical view on developmental disorders. This article is great for a concise and quick overview of developmental disorders, but seems incomplete in regards to the history of this topic and a list of more common disorders.