User:Purplesquire/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
2022-2023 mpox outbreak in Spain

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose to evaluate this article because it is directly related to the course content, talking about an outbreak of a disease, one of the core parts of the course content. It also seemed specific enough of an article that it could be more interesting & detailed, or could be less fleshed out than ideal.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section is short, with a solid introduction sentence that clearly introduces the topic of the article. The rest of the paragraph however, does not have a summary or description of the article overall, rather it has two additional facts, one of which is not even present in the rest of the article.

Content

The primary issue with the content is that it is outdated, the article contains "2022-2023" in the title, but has some total case counts updated only to partway through 2022.

Tone and Balance

The article has a neutral tone, it does not feel as if any positions are being pushed, the article stated facts without bringing them into any conclusions.

Sources

The article is well-cited, with citations for every fact. The main problem is a relative lack of more recent sourcesThe sentence "The illness is usually mild and most of those infected will recover within a few weeks without treatment." is copied directly from its source and not quoted. Also, there are more current sources such as https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/librariesprovider2/monkeypox/2024-01-12_monkeypox_euro_ecdc_jointreport---v2.pdf that could make the article more current.

Organizational and writing quality

This article is clear and easy to read, however some sections, such as the "LGBT stigmatization" are very short, and as such do not flow well with the rest of the article.

Images and Media

There are very few images in this article, and they all greatly help the article. The photo of the lesions is well-captioned, and the photo with a map of Spain showing the amount of mpox in different regions has no caption.

Talk page discussion

The article is rated C. The only discussion is related to the renaming of the article in line with the articles on the topic, and the WHO renaming monkeypox to mpox.

Overall impressions

Overall, this articles feels outdated. The "LGBT stigmatization" section needs to be expanded, but primarily the article needs to be updated with more current information.