User:Pauliesmom/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Misinformation

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose misinformation because it's something we're having to deal with every day. Apps like instagram and twitter have even gotten to the point of having warnings on some posts so as not to spread misinformation. The covid crisis and the 2020 election have only made it even more relevant.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section looks pretty good compared to some other but could use work.There is little to nothing written about the other sections in the article. Overall the article is well written, but several points could be expanded on. I think there should be more focus on the rise of misinformation. There is a more dated history but there is northing about the Trump campaigns which were a large factor of misinformation in today's world. The article is easy to read, but could use some restructuring. The causes section is shot and could use more academic backing. The four sections under social media use could be consolidated providing links to other pages or explained better with more academic sources. There are no images and i think there could be images included, especially one that will differentiate between misinformation and disinformation. The talk page discusses an unknown author, suggested images, and the erasure of most of the lead section. A beneficial section would be a section to differentiate between misinformation and disinformation. It's considered a start class article. It needs to be developed more and has a lot of information that could be added especially more current information about misinformation.