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Social physics
Article Evaluation
The article is indeed relevant to the topic, but since there is so little literature dealing with the subject matter, the article is very short. In its history section, there are no historically underrepresented figures. The citations are readily available and accessible, which is a good sign. The language was neutral. Overall, it's a low-importance article with little historical and current relevance, so it's open to a lot of editing (granted there is literature to support it).
Sources: Pentland, Alex (2014). Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—the Lessons from a New Science. Penguin.; Ball, Philip (2012). Why Society is a Complex Matter: Meeting Twenty-First Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science. Springer.

Article Evaluation
The article is similar to the social physics as a low/low-medium-importance article, but succeeds in a neutral tone and stays relevant to the title of the article. The article is longer than social physics, and thus has correspondingly more citations. The sources are from published journals, reputable scientific journals, and published literature, so the sources are well diversified and reputable.
Sources: Johnson, Joseph; Tellis, G.J.; Macinnis, D.J. (2005). "Losers, Winners, and Biased Trades". Journal of Consumer Research. 2(32): 324–329. doi:10.1086/432241. S2CID 145211986.; https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/econophysics

Parkinson's disease
Article Evaluation
This article is a former Featured article and sits as a top/mid-importance aticle in Wikipedia's hierarchy. Although it is increasingly difficult to remain objective in medical writing, I believe the article did its job and provided a wealth of information while staying neutral. The article covers all parts of the disease, from causes to symptoms to research. Although the article is information heavy, it provides most or all of the information pertaining to the disease that we know to be true/studied extensively, and thus presents itself as a reputable article.
Sources: Samii A, Nutt JG, Ransom BR (May 2004). "Parkinson's disease". Lancet. 363 (9423): 1783–93. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16305-8. PMID 15172778. S2CID 35364322.; Jankovic J. Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2008;79:368-376.; DeMaagd, George, and Ashok Philip. “Parkinson's Disease and Its Management: Part 1: Disease Entity, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation, and Diagnosis.” P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management vol. 40,8 (2015): 504-32.

2020 California wildfires
Article Evaluation
This article, though written well, is short in terms of extensiveness of the wildfires. There are other factors and consequences of the fire that I believe should be highlighted. Otherwise, the citations are, again, plentiful and well-sourced. The language is neutral and in fact there is a graph of the areas destroyed, the size of the fires, and the number of buildings/structures destroyed from the fires. Overall, it is a well-documented article in the mid/high-importance class of articles.
Sources: AJN, American Journal of Nursing: December 2020 - Volume 120 - Issue 12 - p 14 doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000724172.95963.d3; Michael Goss et al 2020 Environ. Res. Lett. 15 094016

Python (programming language)

Article Evaluation
The article is extremely well-written, well-documented, and thoroughly examined for errors. It sits in at level 5 of what Wikipedia considers "vital" articles. The citations are reputable and plenty, while the writing is objective (as it must be) and moves through a ton of subject material that pertains to all facets of the programming language.
Sources: Charles Dierbach. 2014. Python as a first programming language. J. Comput. Sci. Coll. 29, 6 (June 2014), 153–154.; Scientific Journal of Impact Factor (SJIF): 4.72 Special Issue SIEICON-2017,April -2017 e-ISSN : 2348-4470 p-ISSN : 2348-6406