User:Sataybfaridi/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Computer security

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because as an academic field and in general, Cybersecurity is what primarily interests me. Therefore, it's something I wanted to learn more about and enjoy reading and caused me to gravitate towards this topic when choosing an article for this exercise. One thing which came with choosing this topic by default was a greater importance because in today's day and age, hardware and software security are increasingly becoming significant concerns. I found myself enjoying going over the article as not only was it something I was interested in but there was also tons of information. However, because of the sheer amount of information, I found it somewhat overwhelming.

Evaluate the article
Lead

If I were to research about cybersecurity and wanted a quick, brief description of what it is, I feel like this lead sentence does the job. Some may consider this sentece to be too long. However, this is necessary for a topic which covers extensive topics and information. When it comes to the rest of the lead section, it doesn't seem to give a description of the main sections but rather implies them. Again, this may be becuase of how much the topic has to cover and that including them in the lead would make it too long. One thing which seemed well-written was a brief mention of how cybersecurity relates to the contemporary world, which is a way to apply all the concepts which were introduced in this section.

Content

Because of the sheer amount of information in this article, I wasn't able to go through it in detail. Instead, I was forced to skim through it. Even so, everything in the article seemed extremely relevant to the main topic of computer security. Moreover, since this is a very broad topic, this could be a reason behind the amount of information and relevance to the topic. Towards the end, the article talks about a few organizations pertaining to this topic. This goes to show the up-to-datedness of the article.

There are some areas where content can be improved. For instance. in the "Vulnerabilities and Attacks" section, more information and examples of types of multi-vector, polymorphic attacks may be included. This is one of a few sections in "Vulnerabilites and Attacks" where more examples can be used.

Tone and Balance

Although many may consider security attacks to be a bad thing, this article includes examples of popular figures exercising these attacks, for acceptable and proper reason, showing that this mere act may be fine. On the other hand, it also shows how attacks can, in fact, be bad by talking about negative impacts of it on organizations and individuals. All in all, the point is that this article shows that attacking can be a bad thing and a good thing because it all depends on the reason. So, this shows that the article considers both aspects of a topic. However, it talks more about the idea of cyber attacks being bad perhaps due to the social acceptance of it being harmful or increasing prevalence of attacks of malicious intent. The overall tone of the article seems consistent and appropriate.

Sources and References

This article seems to be well-supported with an ample amount of sources. When scrolling down to the bottom, one can notice a wide array of sources.

Organization and Writing Quality

One of the strong points of this article is the high level of clarity, conciseness, and organization it has. The clarity can be proven through the fact that I was fully captivated and engaged throughout the reading of the article. I was able to understand a majority of what was written. Furthermore, nothing in the article seemed to be of filler nature. Instead, every sentence seemed to have meaning which also, in turn, contributed to my interest and engagement in the article. Finally, well-organized sections enhanced my understanding of the article.

Images and Media

One of the weakest points of this article is the significant lack of images. Even though the information is excellently conveyed in it, in addition to the sheer amount of it being high and the article itself being lengthy, there are only four images in the article. I feel like these images do help in understanding the topics they are concerned with with descriptive captions. However, they may want to be laid out in more appealing way. Other than this, the main point of concern should be increasing the amount of images in the article.

Talk Page Discussion

This article has three pages of talk page archives. I noticed that in the earlier stages of this article, there were a large amount of criticism and problems with it. This goes to show how much the article has went through to reach this point. It also shows how advanced the article is at this point. Additionally, one big topic of discussion was changing the name of the article as some found the name to be misfitting. Furthermore, the article was a part of a few course assignments. Moreover, it is listed as a level-4 vital article.