User:Perso269/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Acid rain - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate as I find the topic interesting, reducing acid rain has been one of the few success stories in terms of climate change. Overall, I had a good impression of the article, it was concise and not particularly jargon intensive.

Evaluate the article
To start, I found the lead paragraph very helpful in defining the topic and laying some basic information about the topic for readers. There is a slight bias towards the American viewpoint as the history paragraph had much more information than other areas did. The only historical perspectives provided are from Europe, America, and Canada. The author goes into detail on several adverse effects however, some sections had much more detail than others. There was also a lack of detail in terms of how acid rain affects erosion and breakdown of terrain. There was also a western lean/bias in the emissions treaty paragraph. Overall, though the content was very relevant and all important areas were mentioned. No major content was missing or over emphasized, you could argue that some of the chemistry wasn't totally necessary however, I thought that section was relevant. Other than the somewhat western lean, the article is very neutral, it plainly states the causes and effects of acid rain and what has been done to reduce it. Most of the sources were very recent and the links worked properly. Many of the sources were good however upon review, several of them are .com sources from magazines or other commercial sources. Throughout the entire article information was thoroughly sourced. I found the article to be concise, easy to understand, well written, and with no major grammatical errors. All images included were relevant and did not obstruct the article or text. There wasn't much of a discussion in the talk page, it is rated a b class, it was nominated for a good article but did not mee the requirements and is part of the wikiproject for environment and climate. Overall, I had a good impression of this article. It provided a broad base of information on the topic and offered enough information so that anyone could learn about this topic. I think that this article could work on presenting a more global perspective, however.