User:SepperFi/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Kalev Sepp

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article due to my personal relationship to the subject (I am the subject's son). This would allow me to review a relatively short article that contains information I am able to immediately assess with limited resources.

The article is not about an essential person (sorry, Dad), but he did in fact make an impact on the world around him, and probably deserves a better article than the one that currently exists (see below).

My initial impression is that the article is missing relevant information, has typos, and is not organized very coherently.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

- Missing Date of Birth, and contains info not found in the main body. Has typo.

Content:

- Missing when/where Dr. Sepp received his PhD. Material is in reverse-chronological order. The content is up-to-date.

Tone and Balance:

- The page's tone is balanced and neutral. It casts no favoritism on the character of the person described.

Sources and References:

- Link to personal info is a dead link. Articles written by Dr. Sepp do not have links, but this is not necessarily bad.

Organization and Writing Quality:

- Page contains at least one typo, and is not written in typical Wikipedia style, but reads like a cut/paste of a author's bio from an article. Dates when noted are vague.

Images and Media:

- Page contains no images. A suitable image could be found using his prior Department of Defense official portrait.

Talk Pages

- Zero Activity.

Overall

- Article is a standard bio that needs polishing in the form of formatting, dates and organization. I'm not sure I could fairly be the one to edit this article, since there is a conflict of interest. The length is appropriate, but the order of dates is not intuitive and is also vague. There is likely a small amount of additional relevant information worth adding, but since the article's existence is most likely based on Dr. Sepp's involvement in the Iraq Study Group and his time in the Pentagon, what relevant information currently present might be sufficient.