User:TayG1201/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Meal kit

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I specifically chose this article because I just became familiar with meal kits, and using one myself. This concept of meal kits is a newer business model that is starting to become more popular post-pandemic as food and grocery delivery services are being used more frequently. My first impression of this article was that it was relatively short (starting class) and it needed more expansion in terms of the purpose for meal kits. It also needs more expansion on the overall health benefits (if any) and environmental impacts to educate readers coming to this page.

Lead section

 * The article has a strong intro sentence
 * Yes, it has a contents box in the lead section to organize the rest of the article
 * It talks about meal delivery services (and includes meal delivery services in the references)
 * The lead is clear and concise, but a little short.

Content

 * All content is relevant
 * The content doesn’t seem like it has been really updated since 2017
 * There is not enough information about the history and the environmental impact section is near empty. It also lacks health benefits/nutritional value of meal kits and lacks info or facts on why the public uses it, how often, etc…
 * No the article does not deal with equity gaps/fails to address underrepresented populations

Tone and Balance

 * Yes the article is neutral but could more equally discuss positives/negatives
 * No heavily biased claims
 * The viewpoints that seems to be overrepresented is how successful meal kits businesses are, but not the effect on other competitors
 * There are no minority viewpoints
 * The article doesn’t seem to persuade, rather provide factual information (unbiased)

Sources and References

 * In the “business” section there seems to be one piece of information that is not cited/unclear
 * I don’t feel like the sources are thorough, there are not any academic journals, it seems to be mostly web articles that explain what meal kits are “the best meal kits” etc.
 * The sources are not current, mostly 2017 articles and one 2021 article
 * Yes, a peer reviewed article of a nutritional analysis on meal kits instead of random websites! Also peer reviewed articles on environmental impacts of meal kits
 * Some links work, but others keep me on the same page

Organization and writing quality

 * Article is well written, clear points
 * Doesn’t seem to have grammatical or spelling errors
 * It is well organized into different sections that can be traced to the lead

Images and Media

 * There are only 3 images, seem a little outdated and could use some work
 * Decent captions (edit last one)
 * There is no source listed for the images… copyright?
 * Images are all laid out on right hand side

Talk page discussion

 * The talk section has a comment from a bronze editor who is trying to remove distracting/excess wiki links and makes a note to only address notable meal kit companies. The talk section also has an unpublished meal kit operations section and a debate on the first meal kit. They need to link the Hello Fresh article as well.
 * This article is part of WikiProject Business & WikiProject Food and drink
 * This article differs from the way it is talked about because it doesn’t really seem to address the positive/negative sides of it… rather strictly fact based. The article lacks content in how meal kits are actually used by the public, motivations etc.

Overall impressions

 * The article is rated start class and it seems like it has a good outline but doesn’t quite have the content yet.
 * The article's strengths are that it has a good start with only factual/cited evidence. It is also already well organized into sections. There are a few starting articles.
 * The article could use a lot more articles, especially up-to-date ones now that meal kit deliveries have been around and gained popularity post Covid-19 pandemic. It also needs different types of sources, more academic/peer-reviewed research rather than website articles. It also lacks content in terms of health, environmental impact, description of how meal kits work, and potentially research on the populations that use them.
 * This article is under-developed, but a great starting point (it just needs to be updated and have more content).