User:Sorrysosorry/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Hotel for Dogs

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate the article for the children's novel Hotel for Dogs for several reasons. First, it is a novel, in keeping with the overall theme of this course. Second, I have read this novel and also I quite liked the movie. Third, I sorted the Children's Literature cleanup list by worst articles and this one was rated a "stub" and I think it could use some TLC.

Evaluate the article
The lead section for this article is mediocre. It does well establishing immediately the subject of the article, and it quickly mentions what I think many will come to this article in search of (the fact that a more popular film was made of the book) but then devotes several sentences to the different names held by the main character, which I do not think belongs in the lead. It also fails to cite where this name change information came from. There is no summary of the article's main sections, and the information about different names does not appear to be present elsewhere in the article.

When it comes to content, this article addresses the plot and the characters only. I think other valuable sections that might be added could include critical reception and journey from book to screen. When it comes to tone and balance, the article does appear to be written impartially, but it does include quite a bit of information that is not particularly relevant (for instance, providing this description of a character: Bruce Walker – Andi's brother, he helps her take in the abandoned dogs. Bruce does a lot more than help take in abandon dogs, and "Andi's brother" would likely have been a better description)

The sources are not thorough and they are not current. In fact, the article does not have a single source at all.

When it comes to organization and writing quality: there should be more sections, although the current sections are well organized. The writing needs to be tightened up with extraneous filler removed and sources need to be added.

The image is good quality and complements the article well. The talk page has no content.

The article's overall status is that of a stub-class article. It could benefit from more content, some editing of the current writing, and needs sources for the information it contains. It is well organized, but overall Hotel for Dogs (novel) is deeply underdeveloped.