User:Stache777/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Big data ethics

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
It is the topic of the course, and a main section is written in a format more suited for an essay on the topic.

Evaluate the article
The lead of the article is problematic, as it does not accurately describe the information in the body of the article. Its opening sentence requires thought before realizing how it accurately reflects the rest of the article, however, the lead does not include a description of the article's sections. The lead also contains unsourced claims and information not found elsewhere in the article. Overall, the lead is overly detailed, with information that is not a summary of the rest of the article.

The article contains content relevant to the topic, but its last example comes from 2018, so it appears to be slightly outdated. The role of nation states is missing information on how nation states can play a positive role in data ethics. However, there is no mention of data ethics problems with the equitable inclusion and treatment of women and minorities.

The bulk of a main section, that on ownership, is not written from a neutral, encyclopedic point-of-view, rather it appears to read like an essay. That section seems to be biased against corporations having ownership of data. There also appears to be a systematic bias towards the position that individuals should control their own data. Minority and fringe viewpoints do not get mentioned in this article.

There is a distinct lack of citations and sourced claims in the article. The sources are mostly journal articles, but the most recent appears to have been published in 2017. The sources are from multiple countries, and include some women. More citations are needed in this article.

The article is written in a flowing manner, but is not very concise. The article appears to utilize British spellings of words, but other than that, does not have grammatical issues. The article is well-organized, with sections that make sense.

There are no images at all in this article.

The talk page has had no activity since 2019, and it seems the original author of the page was doing so for a wikiedu assignment. The conversations are either responses to the original author or a discussion of how this article is not extremely helpful.

The article is a start to a complicated subject, and could be improved by rewriting in a more objective and neutral tone.