User:Tolber2K/Evaluate an Article

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

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis)

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 Psychosis because I find auditory and visual hallucinations fascinating, as well as attempting to show how it differs from "Insanity". Psychosis is a condition associated with multiple disorders, many of which are only manageable. With such an important topic for a population of people under extreme duress the information needs to be accurate. At first glance the article appears to give a generalized understanding of psychosis, but appears to tie in closely with what is historically called "madness" or "insanity".

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

 * The first sentence is concise but does not clearly explain what Psychosis actually is.
 * The article does give a brief overview of what to find within the page, but does not provide a clear outline and is instead characterized by short, choppy sentences.
 * The article includes a mention of the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus for historical background, but is not mentioned again in the article.
 * The writing style for the introduction occasionally jumps between a more casual relaxed tone to medical dialogue with no clear distinction.

Content

 * The articles content is relevant to the topic at hand but occasionally focuses too much on one specific portion of the page such as historical background while others are left relatively scarce like treatment and negative symptoms.
 * The content does have up to date sources, however they cannot be verified due to links not bring properly added.
 * Certain sections appear to be too scientific for lay readers to understand.
 * The article does include information on how much of the population suffers from Psychosis, but it is not in a dedicated section.

Tone and Balance

 * The tone of the article for the most part appears to be neutral, with some areas that can be adjusted
 * The article does provide opposing viewpoints in a balanced manner, but could to better to flesh out the viewpoints more
 * The article does not appear to persuade the reader in one way or the other.

Sources and References

 * Sources appear to be properly vetted with proper citations
 * Some sources could be better represented in how their content is applied to the article via a more cohesive presentation.
 * Sources are as current as the year of writing, 2022.
 * The links for some of the sources need to be fixed as some of the links either lead to DOI's that do not work or exist.

Organization and Writing Quality

 * Sentence structure can be oversimplified at times, suffering from choppy word flow. At other times, too much scientific terminology is used causing the article to appear unsure of itself.
 * No grammatical or spelling errors were found
 * The article is broken down into many sections but is ordered in somewhat of a chaotic way with background thrown in the middle and related illnesses apart of the causation section

Images and Media

 * A few images are included in the article, the most notable being that of Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night, which depicts a visual hallucination
 * All images have descriptive, accurate captions of what is bring pictured
 * All images do have a citation
 * For the most part, the images are off to the far right of the screen, tucked away and with most not adding any substantial content to the article as a whole

Talk page discussion

 * No conversations are happening in the talk page
 * The article is rated a C-class with high importance
 * The article is associated with multiple WikiProject's in psychology, medicine/psychiatry, neuroscience and disability. The article was also a featured article in 2004.
 * Wikipedia does not discuss the topic at all, although we have not really touched on the subject of psychosis in class either.

Overall Impressions

 * The article has fallen from grace as it once was considered a featured article, with it needing a lot of work to be considered notable once again
 * The articles greatest strength lies in its subject matter. Hallucinations and Delusions is a topic people want to learn more of and better understand, but the article needs to be updated to better teach new viewers.
 * The article can be improved via a number of different ways. A stable form of writing will help make the subject matter easier to read and easier to understand. Working links as well as better organization will allow for a better experience when reading the article as well as checking its sources.
 * The article is well developed, but it drastically needs to be updated in a more digestible manner.