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Article evaluation
The Wikipedia article “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is brief but does an excellent job of staying on topic. It is neutral, and it summarizes King's letter without providing one's interpretation of it. I checked numerous citations, and all the links worked. The author's claims were also well supported by sources. I believe this article does a good job conveying the main idea of King’s letter but that it could be expanded on. In class, we talked about how Gandhi and Thoreau helped develop King’s theory of civil disobedience. The author could have mentioned Gandhi and Thoreau and talked about how they could have influenced King while writing his letter. We also talked about how Martin Luther King proudly embraces the label of “extremist.” This Wikipedia article mentions Jesus as an example of an extremist, but it could give others examples of people included in the letter like Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther, and Thomas Jefferson. I looked at the Talk Page of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and one person mentioned how they wished the article talked about the effects of King's letter. I agree the article should mention the clergymen's reaction to the letter and write if Martin Luther King succeeded in convincing them that "he was not being impatient and that his cause was just"(Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alabama). This article is a part of a few Wikiprojects such as Wikiprojects on Alabama, the United States history, and discrimination. I could not find a rating on this articles quality scale and believe that it is unrated.

Blmart (talk) 07:08, 16 February 2018 (UTC)