User:Sellersj22/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
English studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because this is for my Teaching Writing course and this article is all about the study of the English language. This matters because I want to be an English teacher, so reading something like this really important. This article has all kinds of resources about the study of the English language and the different aspects of it. I was a little overwhelmed by this article at first because I haven't really sat and read a Wikipedia article before, but once I read more of it I felt a lot better about what I was reading.

Evaluate the article
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The lead sentence for this article is very effective. It clearly demonstrates what English Studies are and differentiates them from studying English as a second language. The article's lead section establishes the different sections that will be focused on in the article. The lead section does not feature any information that is not in the article, but refers to a lot of separate material that is linked in the lead section. The lead section succinctly conveys the major elements of the lengthy article without being overly wordy or difficult to understand.

The article's content all relays back to the various aspects of English Studies and do not stray from that subject. The content of the article has been recently updated, and there are no sections that feel out of place or that they are missing content. The article doesn't address equity gaps but does discuss the variety of different cultural applications and courses within English Studies.

The article presents its information neutrally without demonstrating any kind of bias. There are no perspectives that are over or underrepresented. The minority of British and Ontario, Canada are properly represented as such in the last sections of the article. The article doesn't try to persuade the reader towards any certain perspective, instead only tries to inform the reader.

All information is backed up with sources. The sources are current and all links that I checked worked. The sources are written by a wide variety of highly credible authors. These sources cover a diverse amount of topics and deal with marginalized voices where they can. Where I looked there weren't better sources that seem really obvious. There were plenty of other sources but the sources used here seem to be incredibly well picked.

The article is very clear and concise. It is well written and there are no grammar or spelling mistakes that are present in the article. The article is broken up into clear and obvious sections that make sense.

There are no images or media in this article.

In the Talk Page of this article shows the needed revisions that were proposed and done over time. Reading through these you can see the progression of the article as it becomes more refined over time. The article is part of three WikiProjects; Education, Literature, and Writing. These proposed edits are somewhat aggressive and there are some questions that are brought up that I don't think would ever be brought up in our classroom.

The article is well written and gets the information across very competently. The strengths are that it is concise and doesn't go overboard on unnecessary detail. I think the article can be improved only by maybe going more into some of the potential courses and applications of English Studies. The article is very well-developed and the potential improvements that I suggested aren't really needed.