User:Russellmorden/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am a business student and I am interested in the persuasion of financial criminals. I have written papers on financial crime before as 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 section of the article provides a short and concise description of the article that gives a good over view to the mission of the article. It does not over explain what the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network just outlines what it is and the basic operations of the Organization.

Content

The content is relevant to the article as ti first starts off explaining how the organization works and how it links in with other US government organizations. It then goes on to illustrate some of the programs, history, organization members and structure, as well as its example of involvement in stopping financial crimes. The content seems like it hasnt been updated in a while because it is mentioning mission statements from 2013 that should have been updated since.

Tone and balance

The tone is balanced and informative there seems to be no visable bias against the organization and it simply states what they do and the history of the organization.

Sources

There are sources and references scattered throughout the text and the sources are reliable but some may be outdated

Writing quality

The page is written clearly and everything is well explained and not over explained. The article is could be better organized with the history of the organization going at the end and basic organizational details going first.

Media

There is little illustration in the article which seems appropriate for this article. There is an image that illustrates the organizational structure and one for the logo of the organization. More media may not be beneficial.

Overall Impressions

I like how the article does not go into to much detail about the organization and it gives a good explanation that can be read fast. The sources are reliable but some may need to be updated although it may not be relevant for all. I would have liked to see more history of examples of financial crimes that the organization has intercepted but the brief article is very informative and relatively well structured.