User:1Smallseedling/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The article I am evaluating is the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture.

The second article I am evaluating is the Alpine garden.

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 currently attend the school and am curious what information Wikipedia would have and how up-to-date the information might be. I think the article matters because it could help not only prospective students but also the general public in understanding the institution and its history in Ontario and Canada in shaping the horticulture industry, and public and private landscapes.

The reason for the second article is so I can attempt in helping to edit the article later on.

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.)

For the Alpine garden article:

In the Lead section:


 * the introductory sentence is a bit long and could be reworded to be more concise.
 * It does not include a brief description of the article's major sections.
 * It includes information that is not further described in the article. It includes information on the materials that go into the garden, history, and challenges of creating/maintaining the garden etc.
 * The lead is not overly detailed but it carries the bulk of the descriptive content for the article.

Content:


 * Even though it is relevant, the article's content did not cover all the important aspects of the topic.
 * It is not clear if the content is up-to-date.... or what the latest development of alpine garden would be on.
 * It does not really explain what an alpine zone is. There are more public gardens out there that have alpine garden as one of its feature. The typical components of an alpine garden (v.s. a rock garden). Famous alpine gardens. Resources if one wants to create one. It is not clear if there were cultural or equity issues surrounding alpine gardens.

Tone and Balance:


 * The tone seems neutral.
 * there were no particular view points that were presented. Although some content is based on translated documents,
 * no minority or fringe viewpoints identified
 * it does not attempt to persuade the reader in one direction or another.

Sources and References: (academic and peer-reviewed publications or scholarly books)


 * need to verify a bit more.