User:Snowboarder888/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Virgin Atlantic

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose Virgin Atlantic because I used to travel with them and am curious about their effect on the environment. Their environmental effect is more significant than most companies as they continuously fly planes all across the globe. This means that their effects on things such as climate change are rather severe, which is a critical topic today. The article is well written but lacks information in sources, resources, and talk page discussion.

Lead section
The article opens with an explanation of Virgin Atlantic and where its two other trading names are based, Crawley, England. The article's choice of description managed to give a brief description of most of the article's major sections. However, it did forget to fully mention substantive information about corporate affairs and up-to-date recent years. The lead includes information that is mentioned throughout the article with one exception its elaboration upon American airlines and its play in Virgin Atlantic's sharp decrease in popularity. The lead at first could be considered rather concise, hitting right away many of the major points mentioned in the article; however, as you get further down, it starts to add in what feels like far too many essential facts in a far too little amount of time.

Content
The article provides information and details about the airline's history, services, destinations, fleet, and other important aspects. The accuracy and currency of information on Wikipedia can vary, as it is a collaborative platform edited and updated by volunteers. However, the general information on the Wikipedia page surrounding virgin Atlantic is generally updated regularly to reflect changes in airlines day to day operations. Throughout the wiki page, there are a few errors, inaccuracies, and information that is not fully relevant.

Tone and Balance
The article does a very good job of representing information in Un biased manner that is free from any personal or interpersonal interpretations. It sounds as though this article follows and consists quite harmoniously of Wikipedia policies surrounding the use of a neutral point of view, avoiding advocacy, promotion, or bias. Throughout the article, it is rather difficult to find points that feel heavily biased in one direction or another. The original writer does a good job of creating an environment where each point is consistent and unbiased. It feels like the negativity of covid for the virgin atlantic brand is not fully and strongly represented through the excerpt. Also, it feels as though there are chances of failure are over-represented though certain the over-representation of their chances at failure. The fridge point can be seen through the effect covid had from 2017 all the way into 2021. The article is very neutral however, the facts used push the reader to believe that virgin atlantic may be on the verge of bankruptcy.

Sources and References
This article can be seen backed mostly up by reliable sources. However, as it is a user-edited platform, there are a couple of errors and inaccuracies and un-updated information that have managed to slip through onto the article. Sources throughout the document are thorough but in some cases lack a current nature. The wide variety and nature of sources used help to make the article stronger and more believable and even more trustworthy. As I said in the sentence prior the only thing that could really be added is more on their effects on climate change and more up-to-date sources. After trying multiple links throughout this Wikipedia page I can conclude they work strongly, thoroughly, and correctly.

Organization and writing quality
The writer does a sublime job of organizing thoughts, it is clear, concise, and mostly easy to read However, like any user-edited platform, it is possible for errors or inaccuracies to slip through such as spelling errors and grammatical minor issues. The article is split into 5 main sections each containing multiple mini-sections. This helps to add structure and organise properly the high volume of needed information.

Images and Media
The images in each of the sections mostly help to enhance the reader's full and complete understanding of the specific topic. Each image uses a strong caption to describe the thing, act, or action that is depicted. Each Image follows Wikipedia's copyright regulations which basically say that you must cite everything that is used throughout the wiki page. The images may be cited well however I feel the layout could be made more appealing to the view. This could be done by either changing the layout or adding a higher volume of images.



Talk page discussion
The conversations surrounding this specific article are far and in between. This particular article is rated at a B which means the article is pretty sound however there is space for improvement whether that be through grammar or substance that is up to the editor. In class, we have not talked about this particular subject so I would really have no idea.

Overall impressions

 * The overall status of this article I would say is mostly completed. The article articulates well its points whilst staying in touch with the reader in a neutral manner. The article also does a good job of representing the virgin Atlantic through pictures, drawings, and data tables. However, most of the facts and representations of the article of Virgin Atlantic are not current. For example, the most recent data about total revenue is from 2021 almost two years ago at this point. Also, a neutral point that could really improve the article or wouldn't change anything would be the addition of more pictures and data tables. At first glance, it feels rather light in certain spots. I would say the article is very well developed however the addition of items such as more updated information and new/more pictures could very much help.