User:USEMEllen/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mental health in South Korea

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because growing up, I have been exposed to several people in the Asian community who have experienced troubles with their mental health and did not receive much attention from their family or the greater Asian community. Reading this article only affirmed what I had known: there is an evident lack of attention given to mental health in Asian countries, particularly South Korea. The section on suicide is outdated and I seek to edit it and find other sources to contribute.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: This paragraph does a good job of introducing the topic of the entire article, which is about mental health in South Korea. It also briefly mentions the stigma around it in South Korea, which I believe is a good addition to it and provides context around the lack of attention it faces in media. However, it doesn't mention the sub-topics of article which are more diverse than simply talking about the stigma of mental health.

Content: The article is very organized and introduces topics that covers mental health in a complex manner. While it does talk about how South Korea views mental health, it also talks about the causes of mental health, the history, and the demographics of the population in South Korea that face mental health troubles.

Tone and Balance: I believe that the tone is neutral and while it talks about deep issues that is easy to have an opinion, it tries hard to maintain its neutrality.

Sources and References: There is a large number of sources that seem credible, ranging from articles and websites. However, they all seem outdated and the most recent that I could find was in 2011, showing that it needs revision.

Organization and writing quality: The article discusses heavy and deep information, but with concise and clean language that makes it easier to digest and process. When introducing statistics, it mentions only the necessary information and a short summary in an easy readable manner.

Images and Media: There is not a lot of images, whether it is of people or statistics. There is only a single picture of South Korea; however, there aren't any of the statistics it mentions or of demographics.

Talk Page discussion: I didn't see much talk going on in the talk page for mental health in South Korea. However, there was a link to join the South Korean talk page.

Overall impressions: I believe that I need to add images to this page, along with sources that have updated information because the sources listed are very outdated. However, with the information it had at the time, it is very efficient in sharing the information about mental health in South Korea.