User:Sean1084/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Sustainable development

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 I think it's an important issue to deal with right now as climate change gets serious these days. It matters since sustainable development is essential in a sense that it helps to protect and preserve the natural environment and resources. It also addresses social inequalities since disadvantaged communities might not have an access to clean water, food, or even shelters due to climate change. However, sustainable development is the key to solve this problem since a main goal of sustainable development is to ensure everyone have the same access to resources and reduce inequalities by restoring and preserving the environment. My preliminary impression of the article was that the article overall provides good through information and very detailed facts about Sustainable development in each section of the article.

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.)

For the Lead section of the article, I think the article contains proper introductory sentences since they contain the definition of the term “Sustainable Development” to introduce the topic. Introductory sentences also provide information about the origins of sustainable development and its fundamental goals. However, I don’t think the lead includes a brief description of the article’s major sections since the lead section seems to only discuss the definition and goals of sustainable development. Major sections of sustainable development, such as dimensions, critique, environmental characteristics, and barriers, appear later in the article. The lead does not include information that is not present in the article since anything that was talked about in the lead is included. Finally, I think that this article's lead is concise since every piece of information the lead contains is essential and should be included to introduce the topic. The article’s content is very relevant to the topic since every section the article talks about is related to the topic. The article contains major sections such as the development of the concept, three dimensions of sustainable development, sustainable development goals, and their barriers. These sections are relevant and should be discussed to improve the article's overall quality. Furthermore, the content is up-to-date since the article contains or uses evidence from recent years, and there isn’t content that is missing or content that does not belong. I don’t think the article deals with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps, such as the racial and ethnic equity gap, since the article generally talks about sustainable development. Wikipedia’s equity gaps might not be included in this kind of topic. I don’t think the article I chose is biased since this article is about sustainable development, and the author merely states facts about the topic. The article also does not contain any claims that are heavily biased one way since the author seems to only provide information about the topic rather than providing his/her own opinion about the topic. Reliable secondary sources of information back up all facts in the article. For example, the article uses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to suggest the importance of reducing inequalities and emphasizes the importance of providing access to resources for disadvantaged communities. This source supports the topic very well and increases the credibility of the author's statement of recognizing the importance of sustainable development. All the sources in the article are very recent and written by many spectra of authors ranging from scientists to a meta-review. However, the article contains evidence from the early 2000s, which may seem outdated compared to other recent evidence that is included in the article. All the links provided in this article work. This article is well-written and easy to follow, but some may find it boring to read since it merely presents facts about the topic. The article does not contain any grammatical or spelling errors. I think the fact that anyone can edit any Wikipedia article plays a role in reducing grammatical errors. I also think that the article is well-organized since it starts with a broader topic and introduces what the article will talk about. Then, the content started to get more narrowed to talk about different elements like the development of the concept, three dimensions of sustainable development, sustainable development goals, and their barriers. Although the article includes images that enhance understanding of the topic, the article mostly contains words, and there are only a few images. However, all the images used in this article are well-captioned and relevant to the article is content. I wish some of the images should be larger since it’s too small to read words in the image. I think all the images adhere to Wikipedia’s copyright regulations and are cited properly. All the images are also laid out in a visually appealing way, and they are put in the proper location in the article. On the talk page discussion, there was a user “MajorDZod” who suggested that the “Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) should have its own standalone article as it is a broad subject on its own, and merging it with "Sustainable development" would not do justice to them.” The article I chose is a part of Wikiprojects, and it is rated as C-. My overall impression of this article is that it is a well-written article that provides thorough information about the topic. An example of the article’s strengths is that there are so many details in this article that all the information the readers want to know is included in it. Overall, this article is very informative and is well-developed. However, there are parts where this article can be improved. For example, it would have been much better if the article expanded more detailed information about each goal listed in the UN SDG instead of just listing them. The author could have talked about where we are in the process. Also, it would have been better if the author included his/her own perspective on the topic.