User:Adrian Velazquez 2003/Evaluate an Article

hi

I am editing the Jaghbub article. {{

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
There is much information from multiple secondary sources that could be used to add much greater depth to this article to provide a more wholistic view of Jaghbub's history. There are also entire portions of the article that lack citations and need them.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section
 * I'd argue it has a good and succint lead section, though I would add a comment about how its history is not known well by the public. THere was also a sentence that was directly plagiarized from a Libyan observer article that I removed.

Content
 * there are some articles discussing other similar topics, like the region where jaghbub is at, or the oasis it sits on, but none of these articles really provide much information at all. There is some content that is disorganized, but nothing that is out of place. It does represent an equity gap, as it discusses a small North African town with a rich history not much known to the world.

Tone and Balance
 * the article appears to be balanced, except for the part plagiarized from a libyan observer newspaper. That will have to be removed, since it creates a fuzzy picture about the city I could not confirm in reliable secondary sources.

Sources and References
 * The facts presented in the article overwhelmingly lack clear references. However, the references mentioned in the article are all reliable. The links to the presently cited sources work as well.

Organization and Writing Quality
 * The article is easy to read, lacks gramatical errors, but has one major organizational error with regards to a movie mentioned that needs to be corrected.

Images and Media
 * There are some nice decorational images in the article, with some captions, but more visuals could be used to visually describe what the text is articulating. I have not checked for copyright violations of the images yet, but need to.

Talk Page Discussion
 * There seems to be little controversial discussion. Most of the edits are minor, with some major edits made to input mass quantities of new information. The wikipedia article is rated as a starter article. It differs to class discussions in that much attention is payed to Jaghbub's role as an Italian colonial province.

Overall Impressions: Its strong in its flow, readability, and the sources used. However, it is weak in that it contains lots of plagiarized content and could use more images.