User:Sienna Pearson/Climate change and crime/MiAg6820 Peer Review

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Sienna Pearson
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Evaluate the drafted changes
Lead

The article is an entirely new subject on Wikipedia and thus the lead section has been done from scratch. The first few sentences do not truly come off as introductory in terms of being direct and brief with describing what the concept of "Climate change and crime" is. The lead does include a brief description of the article's major sections in a smooth manner, however. Although there is a section that discusses the link between rising temperatures and increasing crime rates, the phrase used in the lead is "temperature volatility" which does not show up again despite being a fairly specific phrase. The second paragraph of the lead seems a bit unnecessary as it explains what climate change and crimes are individually, which comes off as redundant.

Content

The content added is relevant to the topic as it discusses the links between the various effects of climate change and their possible correlation to crime rates. With consideration to the article's subject, all of the references are up to date as they have been published across the span of the past 20~ years. There were no topics from the lead that had been missing in the content, and all of which was discussed in the content was relevant to the subject. The article does not deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps nor does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics.

Tone and Balance

The content of "Climate change and crime" comes off as neutral as there are frequent claims that are both support and deny significant correlation between the two. Despite the presence of counter-claims, further elaboration upon content that tries to disprove major links between climate change and crime should be taken into consideration. Because of the neutral tone, however, the article does not come off as persuasive or actively trying to convince the reader of the a correlation between the two.

Sources and References

All the new content is backed up by reliable secondary sources of information, accurately describing their findings whenever they are cited to a sentence or paragraph in the article. The sources themselves are indeed thorough and go into detail on the subject rather than being references that hardly mention it. Most of the sources are current as the oldest one among them is from 2003 as well as being written by authors from a diverse range rather than only a few repeated authors. The article takes advantage of some of the best sources available as they are authoritative and are peer-reviewed rather than random websites or news coverage. Every link tested works.

Organization

The content is well-written for the most part, although it struggles to be concise in certain sections such as the lead for aforementioned reasons. There are no grammatical or spelling errors from reviewing it. The article is well-organized as it includes many sections and subsections that take the main focuses of "Climate change and crime" and divide those main focuses into smaller but important subsections in a clear manner.

New Article

The article most definitely meets Wikipedia's notability requirements as it currently has 13 authoritative secondary references which come from a variety of sources which represent a greater perspective on its subject. Patterns of other similar articles are followed in terms of how the article is organized with relevant sections and subsections. Many links are made to other Wikipedia articles in a manner that is not redundant and relevant to its topic.

Overall Impressions

The Wikipedia article of "Climate change and crime" is definitely one that is strong due to its comprehensive look at the subject from a variety of perspectives and references that could be improved through rewriting the language of sections such as the lead to convey a neutral, less persuasive undertone.