User:Sandro1324/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Water Politics

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I think this course does have relations with politics. Whether we examine history of an issue or want to make a specific change politics will be involved. We also read articles and excerpts from local and national government on water sustainability and sanitation.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The lead section is an effective summary for the rest of the article. It defines the term and explains a few other interpretations by certain people. There is also a brief description of different water issues that are found across the globe as well as the complications of water rights that vary by location.

Tone, Balance, and Content/Organization: The content of the page is well organized and it is evident there is a structure. Tone in the wiki article feels like it is informative and intended to give knowledge on a subject that is typically neglected unless one studies it, which is very helpful. There is no persuading to one countries water rights either, I would think it is easy to get an opinion after studying about it, but the article is not biased toward any one proper framework of water politics. The article simply feels informative and would likely be a good talking point for many specialists to add on to.

Media and Sources: The pictures and interesting and seem to be well considered. There could be more further down the page but the varying situations of water that are there make the situations more palatable, which is what images help to do. All if not most of the sources are sited to be from academic journals or some sort of government excerpt. The water policy section seems to need more complete citations. There is many good reasons to accept this article as a solid wikipedia page. However there are certain areas that need more citations per each paragraph typed, particularly in water politics by country where some information isn't cited or there is little information at all.

Talk Page: The talk page is pretty aged and most of the problems talked about appear to be resolved, which is really nice to see. There counts of people noting biases or explaining their search of sources for a particular section.

Impression: While I do see the need of more improvement I think it is a well organized page and has certain aspects that make it appealing. I think there should be more information on water justice and the history within the countries talked about, but that would be one impression I have.