User:Sr101skl/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
African-American Muslims

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose it because it relates back to what we're talking about in class, and how the African Diaspora in America were able to maintain their religion (Islam) by word of mouth rather than using written language or objects. The introduction of the article was very strong I think because it gave an overview of what African-American Muslims are, and how they relate to others within America.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The writing seems balanced and unbiased, and presents facts not opinions, but there are a number of times where it says "citation needed" instead of having a hyperlink to the citation. The citations that do exist look trustworthy though because they are from trusted databased, academic journals, and research centers. The images are well captioned, and though they don't always further the information in the article they are interesting to see. The writing itself is clear and concise, and gets the information across without any fluff. The talk space isn't very in depth, though what is there is good. The article overall covers a vague history of time around the slave trade, current demographics, and then the various sects that African-American Muslims follow, but I think there could be an added portion about how they are perceived or persecuted in America, because that is very important to note. Overall though the article is strong and provides clear definitions and statistics.