User:Riverowl/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Housing at Georgetown University

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Being a student at Georgetown, this article seemed to be on a topic I already had a connection to. This is partially how I happened upon the article, and is the reason it caught my attention. I also hope that having some experience related to the topic might give me possible insight into what information was lacking or could be improved on.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of this article is well structured and does a good job of condensing key information while also providing a few notable facts related to the topic. Although all content in the article stays related to the topic, the sourcing is a bit outdated with all but one source being at least five years old and most substantially older. The coverage of different dorms in the article is a bit disproportionate as well, with upperclassmen dorms receiving far less information and detail than freshman dorms. For example the Kennedy, McCarthy and Reynolds Halls collectively receive only one sentence of coverage.


 * "These buildings comprise the Southwest Quad, which was completed in 2003."

Though some sections of the article like the upperclassmen dorms are severely underdeveloped, they seem to be entirely accurate. The article retains a neutral tone throughout and does not attempt to persuade the reader to any position, aside from a few possibly subjective claims over which dorms are sought after or more social without sourcing.


 * "Nevils is an upper class dorm located next to LXR. It is one of the most sought after residencies to live in."
 * "Many university-owned townhouses, such as "Brown House" on N Street, have become popular locations for social events."

Overall, I believe this article would best benefit from further development of its many subtopics, for example providing more information about each individual dormitory. It could also benefit from updated sourcing citing more current sources, possibly recent reports on dormitory conditions or other public releases of information by the university.