Talk:Tax avoidance and tax evasion/Comments

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[edit] WP Tax Class

This article should be at least a B class. It has a good amount of references throughout most of the article but other areas are lacking.EECavazos (talk) 20:55, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion per request

Review by EECavazos (talk) 02:24, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

The WikiProject on Taxation has a set of criteria for assessing the class of an article in Wikipedia:WikiProject Taxation/Assessment. The criteria for a B class is the most applicable to this article for the following reasons:

[edit] Weaknesses
  • References. Content in Wikipedia needs an appropriate number of references particularly in legal related areas otherwise incorrect information and original research/self-published work may prevail throughout the article. The follow sections lack an appropriate number of in-text citations: Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Distinction in various jurisdictions, and Public opinion on tax avoidance, and Responses to tax avoidance. This as the reader experience in the B class, to wit, "Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work." A serious student/researcher and the general reader would need well referenced/in-text citation content. Further the criteria for the B class article says that the article meets the criteria for the start class article and comes close to the criteria for the Good Article class except that in a B class article it has "significant gaps or missing elements or references."EECavazos (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Wikiquote box. The quote section needs to be reformatted so that the wikiquote box is between two section lines rather than crossing over the first line.02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Bolding. The only words that should be bolded are the ones contained in the title and then that's only the first time they're used in the introduction paragraph.EECavazos (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Globalized. The article covers the US and the UK. Tax avoidance and evasion exists elsewhere. While the English language is the language of the US and the UK, it is not limited to other countries such as Canada, Australia, and Ireland. An article above a B class in the Good Article class would be more globalized than this article. It should at least cover Canada, Australia, and Ireland if not Europe in general and elsewhere.EECavazos (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • History. This article needs a short but comprehensive history section, one that extends beyond the USA.EECavazos (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Uneven detail. Many sections are just section stubs like tax evasion in VATs.

[edit] Strengths
  • Scope. This article covers the topic in depth. It addresses both of the topics, discusses control of one of them, and then discusses distinctions between the US and the UK. The article also addresses public opinion and and responses to the article's topics. This fulfills the criteria for a B class article where "usually a majority of the material needed for a completed article" exist. A short section on history section would be other material needed for a completed article.EECavazos (talk) 02:53, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Impact. See Scope re public opinion, control, and responses. These sections gives the reader a general idea of the notability of the topis and what impact they have on the areas to which the article addresses.EECavazos (talk) 02:53, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conclusion

As the article presently stands, its weaknesses and strengths justify a B class. Someone else needs to agree to my asssessment in order to promote the article's class. Once all the weaknesses listed in this review were addressed and fixed, then this article should be a Good Article or higher.EECavazos (talk) 03:43, 20 November 2007 (UTC)