User:ValL2022/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Body camera)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(I have chosen to evaluate this article because I have an interest in film and cameras, but also, my mom works in a psych hospital where they have police come in all the time wearing these and they have proven to be very beneficial when it comes to reporting and capturing evidence or acts of violence that happen against the staff and police. This is an important topic, because it can help protect many, and show the true evidence of things that have happened. My preliminary impression of it was that there is definitely more information that can be added about the likes and dislikes of having and using body cameras, and the other uses of them, as well as some examples of the most impactful uses of them. )

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.This has a very good lead section, it introduces the topic of body cameras very well and touches on the importance of them. The article does seem to be up to date, with current and relevant content. The article is a neutral tone, expressing both sides of the argument, but could use some more information about both the pro's and con's of using this. There is a large amount of sources from reputable publications, with evidence to support the claims made. Some sources are more outdated, but a lot of them are from within the past 8-10 years, so some new evidence could be added, but nothing too far out of date. The article is written very well, and when things are discussed, they are linked so if you are confused on what something means, there is a link embedded onto the word that you are able to click on to learn about it. There doesn't seem to be any grammatical errors. There are quite a few pictures on the page that do help understand how these cameras are used and the different types of ways that they are used. The images are laid out very nicely which makes sense to the reader and visually look very nice. The talk page is mainly just explaining that the page was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment and when, as well as their being a few comments from people expressing what they think should also be included on the page, which is helpful when it comes to contributing to the article further, so that I know what would be beneficial to add to it from another person's perspective. Overall, I think this is a good article to work on. It is something I am interested in, it has good context, but also there is still room for improvement on some things, and some things from the talk page that could be added to make this article stronger. The article is well developed, but there are improvements that could be made to make it even stronger. )