User:Whitea23/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Lyme disease

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 this article because Lyme disease is very prevalent where I live. It matters because it is such a common disease and that many have to deal with for a while.

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.)

The article does give a well-done intro to what it is about, Lyme disease. It tells me what it is and how people get it. It also gives an intro to what the rest of the article will be about. I think the intro is way too long and some info could be broken and down and put in the rest of the sections.

Content is relevant. Seems to be up to date with sources from recent years. The article discusses the disease in populations in many other countries. There seems to be no bias.

Sources appear to be reliable, current, and thorough with many in the article.

While the article is well-written, it is very long. However, it is most likely relevant for it to be so due to the abundance of information related to this topic. It is organized with headers. Pictures are captioned and relevant.

The talk page says that it is a B-class article. It is used for multiple WikiProjects. Someone mentioned on the page that there is no discussion of a possible man-made origin of the disease. This article differs from what was said in class because it says that this topic contains controversial issues, i never thought there would be one with this topic.

I would say this article is very detailed, though lengthy. It would be hard for one to read the whole thing and know everything that was said, with that it is a good one if you are looking for a lot of information and just want to scan the sections as there is much information in each. There could always be more information in the Epidemiology section.