User:Vols22810/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
English studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am interested in learning about the history and origin of English studies. This is important because I have grown up taking and am currently taking english courses. I would like to know more about them and where they came from.

Evaluate the article
The lead on this article gives a large introduction to what is going to be presented in the following paragraphs, and is a little too full of information. The opening sentence gives good insight to what English studies are and differentiates it from the teaching of the English language. There is nothing included in the lead that is not in the article. The article is filled with content that tries narrow a broad topic in several sections. The content is up to date having been last edited in 2023. There are a few missing citations in the article that need to be added. It goes on to give plenty of insight on the English major in American schools, and the history of English studies in different countries ranging from England to America. It also discusses the skills acquired when studying English, different examples of English courses one can take, several career opportunities, and even gives detail of English courses at a high school level. In my opinion it holds a neutral standpoint and does not have any mentionable bias. If I could add something to make it have a little more inclusion I would discuss English courses or the lack of in underprivileged schools. The article is full of useful information, but there are a lack of sources, like I previously mentioned, there are several missing citations. The article has good information in it, but it needs revision. I have not seen any grammatical errors. The article does not include images but if you hover over words that are highlighted with blue, an image usually shows up with a definition. On the talk page of the article, there are revisions suggested and merge proposals with other articles. People are explaining that the article needs more sources and modification. It is a part of three WikiProjects. The article has strength with the bulk amount of content and history of the topic but it needs revision in most sections. The lead needs to be narrowed down, the rest of the article needs proper citations, and images could also be added. I would say that the article is poorly developed but has potential to be a really good article if revised.