User:Rschool1/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Militant Mothers of Raymur

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article I did a project on the Raymur Mothers a couple years ago so have some prior knowledge on the subject. I also believe that the topic is an important part of Vancouver history and should have a well-written and -developed article to ensure proper education not the topic.

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:

The lead section is the bulk of the article and could perhaps be made more concise - this would allow for more detailed body sections. Reading the full lead gives a solid overview of the topic, however the structuring of the lead doesn't naturally lend itself to further body sections. As well, several sentences in the lead are not cited.

CONTENT:

The content seems relatively up-to-date; it hasn't had any major updates for a while but I am not sure whether any new information has surfaced that would merit updating information. The articles content is definitely relevant, though I believe some pieces of information could be explained more or could go into more detail. For example, I believe that a child was actually injured while crossing the train tracks. I also seem to remember that the railways and government officials promised the Raymur Mothers a solution, but didn't follow through - leading them to protest/camp out on the tracks a second time.

More detail could be added to the resolution to the story - I know there was some conflict and tension and I feel the article oversimplifies the decision to build an overpass.The date of the overpass completion was also important as the Mothers wanted it to be complete by the start of a new school year, I believe.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES:

As I mentioned, there are several facts and statements that are not backed up by a source - many sentences do not have a citation. Further, many of the references need updating or fixing (several links are broken). I expect that there is not much peer-reviewed literature on the topic, but I am sure some digging could be done to find some Vancouver archives. As well, I know that some established Vancouver news sites have done articles on them. The 50 year anniversary in 2020 brought about several articles/media attention.

IMAGES AND MEDIA

The article has one image but could benefit from a few more. I would add an image of the actual overpass itself. And given that there is an entire section on artistic portrayals, I might add an example or two of these artworks (e.g. the mosaic or mural).

TALK PAGE:

This article is rated Start-class and Low-importance (though I would contest that it is actually of high importance within a local context). It is part of WikiProject Canada. The only talk page contribution is one from me, which I added as an assignment. I would hope that an update of this article might lead to more page views and foster discussion.