User:Richies908/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Electric vehicle industry in China - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I want to discuss the importance of how the EV industry can positively impact the climate in China. It matters because China is one of the biggest polluters on this planet and my goal is to talk about how and why China could greatly benefit from transitioning to gas powered cars to electric cars. My first impression of the article is that some of the sections aren't talked about enough, however, the overall article talks about the overall EV industry in China well.

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.)

Lead Section

The lead sentence clearly describes the article's topic in that it talks about the overall industry as a whole. One thing the lead does not include though is it does not give much detail about the articles major sections. The lead is is very brief and concise but think it could add a little more detail.

Content

The article's content is relevant to the topic, and the content is not fully update, however, the last edit that was made was on May 11th. The content that is missing and an aspect I will add is a section on how EV's in China can impact the climate.

Tone and Balance

I believe the article is from a neutral point of view as there aren't any extreme claims that are heavily biased toward a particular position. Furthermore, the article does not attempt to persuade the reader to start using EV's, it just gives facts on what the EV industry could potentially do and states what China thinks of it.

Sources and References

All the facts in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information. Although some of the sources aren't current, it is my job to update these sources. However, there aren't sources that need to be updated because some of the sources are facts that can't be changed in the past and in parts of the article, it talks about the history of EV's. I checked a few links and they all work.

Organization and writing quality

The article is well written and is clear and gets straight to the point. Furthermore, the article is well organized and is broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic.

Images and Media

The article only includes one image that doesn't grasp the overall topic. However, the images is well captioned and is laid out in a visually appealing way.

Talk Page Discussion

In the talk page, there isn't any individuals discussing the topic, they creator is only giving more external links and are asking to review their edits. This article is a part of the WikiProject China which is a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of China related articles on Wikipedia. This article is different from the way we talked about it in class is that this article focuses on the history of EV's rather than just focusing on how EV's could positively impact the climate.

Overall Impressions

The article's strengths is that it is clear and concise and gets straight to the point. It is also well organized and easy to read. Some weaknesses, however, is that there are barely any images and some of the sections don't go into much detail. I'd say the article is well - developed however, improvements could be made.