User:Qreinert/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Engineering law

Why you have chosen to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because it seemed to be in line with our focus in this class and may provide me with some more insight into the processes.

Evaluate the article
The lead of this article provides a clear and concise definition of engineering law, but fails to briefly overview the sections of the article. While the intro leads into the rest of the article smoothly, it contains regional definitions of engineering law that aren't mentioned anywhere else in the article, but is fairly concise. The information presented in the article is all relevant to engineering law and has been updated recently, but falls short in mentioning underrepresented groups. As this isn't a controversial topic with multiple viewpoints, there doesn't appear to be any bias in a certain direction. Almost all the statements made in the article are supported by a secondary source, besides the section on international law, which classifies some countries as having weak engineering laws. Because of the lack of sources, it is unclear if these claims are biased. The majority of the sources are legal documents, so it is likely many of these were not created by historically marginalized individuals, but it does not seem to be purposeful. All the links on the article are functional. There are no images on the article, but it is hard to imagine what could be included to improve understanding. There are no conversations on this article, and it is rated as start-class by the two projects it concerns: Wikiproject Engineering and Wikiproject law. Overall, this article is fairly-developed, but could be expanded upon in a few areas. While it has a comprehensive list of engineering laws in most states, it could use some more information on how these laws actually affect engineering practices, and reasons other than incompetence that can drive new engineering legislature. A depiction of how engineering focused legislation is passed compared to other forms could assist in the accessibility of the information.