User:Sarinaiqbal/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Information technology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because it describes and addresses crucial ideas regarding a topic that is extremely important and relevant in today's world: Information Technology. With the rapid development of modern technology, data and information have become the fundamental ideas of modern-day science. This article therefore is of very high significance due to Information Technology becoming an increasingly popular and important field of study and knowledge. My preliminary impression of the article was that it is fairly descriptive and well-written - as it seems to cover multiple important sub-topics under the term Information Technology, including its history, services, effects, etc. The different sections also seem to thoroughly describe the various aspects of 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.)

The lead section briefly and accurately describes what Information Technology is and what it deals with. Along with the History section, these two parts provide the readers with basic ideas, different aspects, and a brief history of the field/topic, as well as information regarding its origins and development. As this article is mostly focused on a field of scientific study, it manages to maintain a neutral tone throughout by providing mostly factual information, with the exception of the Commercial Effects section, where some opinions are shared, along with uses of phrases such as "often discussed", "should not", etc.

The Data Processing section goes into detail about various aspects of Information Technology including data storage, transmission, and manipulation, and basically provides a brief outline of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) of information, a core idea of data processing. The Services section highlights and describes various real-life usages of information technology, such as email or software systems. The Talk page includes two users suggesting changes to the location of a section and merging of another closely relevant subtopic with this article.

The article references over 50 sources, coming from a diverse array of authors and publications, proving that the information presented in the article is well researched. Most of the links are functional, and refer to sources that support the idea presented here. However, I believe the article can include some information regarding the aspects, development, and usage of Artificial Intelligence in the modern world - as this is directly related to the topic.

Overall, this is a useful, relevant, and a fairly strong article with well-researched and organized information.