User:Tabbyscarry/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Criminology

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 this article because criminology is something that I am passionate about. I have always had an interest in it and have aspirations to pursue a career in criminology. I think this article matters because it gives a run down of where criminology came from originated and its purposes. My first impression of the article was that it seemed a bit outdated. I felt as if the information on it was a lot on history and I feel as if criminology has evolved a lot. However, I felt like the article did a good job of explaining the various amounts of types of ways people study criminology.

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.)

Lead section:

I think that the lead of this article is precise and relays a brief introduction of the topic. However, I do not need see the introduction giving an intro to the major sections of the article. I do feel as if the lead was concise but that it could have been in more detail. The info was easily understood.

Content:

The content of this article is very relevant to the topic. All of the content looks to be up to date and not super outdated. However, it does not look like there is anything from many recent years and feel that this can use some updating. I also think that there is no content missing. It went through a historical context and many theories as well as subtopics of crime etc. I think all of this information is super relevant to the topic and that the content was well fitted for this article. I do not think that the article addresses underrepresented topics or populations. I think this topic is neutral and addressing those things was not necessary for this type of content.

Tone and balance:

I felt that this article was written very neutral. However, the neutrality of the article was disputed under the classical section. I think this is flagged it was more jus about the classical schools and not in any other perspective which makes it seem bias in some ways. I think the tone and balance was overall very good in this article and the only thing I noticed was a little bit of bias and breach of neutrality.

Sources and references:

This article has many facts and statements that are backed up by evidence. I believe that this article had thorough and relevant sources for the topic. I tested some of the links and they work and were great sources that were used and up to date.

Organization and writing quality:

I have no critiques for the writing or organization of this article. It was very well put together and super easy to understand and read and follow. I never felt confused or lost in the article.

Images and Media:

There is not a lot to say about this article's media and images because it only had 2 images in total. They seem to be properly cited and from good sources. They are laid out in appealing ways and are well captioned.

Talk page discussion:

There is many great discussions going on in the talk page. What stood out to me is people think that the article needs more modern ideas to it and I would agree. The article was rated B-class and was collaborated on by a few wiki projects. I feel like what is going on in the talk page is super important and agreed upon by many users including myself.

Overall impressions:

I really liked how this article was laid out and organized. It made it easy to read and get through it without feeling confused and loaded with information right away. I think the article can be improved by having more modern features. I think a lot of what was in the article was very historical but it could be time to add more modern theories and ideas to the article. I think it completed and well developed but there can always be more things added with changes in society happening everyday.