User:Airalia/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ice Age (2002 film)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it was a C-class article relating to media. It's important because Wikipedia is often the first place people go to when researching a film. My preliminary impression of the article was that it had good sections and a lot of information, but small tweaks can definitely be made to improve it.

Evaluate the article
The first sentence of the lead is well-written and accurately describes the topic being discussed. I think the first paragraph is a little wordy for someone who may be wanting to just skim for information, but it does contain a lot of important facts relevant to the film and its production. The lead contains all the sections that will be expanded upon later in the article, and it does not discuss anything that is not present in the rest of the article.

The article's content is relevant and up-to-date. It discusses the current rating of the film on various sites and mentions all of the film's current sequels. The "Production" section has a lot more information than the "Reception" section.

The article does read as neutral, and there does not to be any bias in the content. There are no viewpoints in the article, and it only contains facts that can be cited. The article was not written to persuade the viewer in a certain way.

Most of the information in the article is backed up by sources. Due to the nature of the topic, they are not scholarly sources, but usually interviews with people involved in the production or sites stating box office facts. Some of the sources aren't very current, as they took me through the Wayback Machine when I clicked on them. However, I am not sure there are more appropriate sources available.

The organization and writing quality of the article is good. The article is split up into appropriate sections relating to the content. I did not see any grammatical or spelling errors in the writing.

The only image in this article is the poster of the movie. It has a good caption, and it adheres to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. There are no other images in the article, but there definitely could be ones of the cast or the production.

In the Talk page, there are a lot conversations about correctly labeling the animals in the movie. Some argued about using the animals' scientific names and what the title of the article should be. There were also several people insisting that more information about Scrat gets added. The article is rated C-Class, and it is part of "20th Century Studios," "Animation: American/Films," and "Film: American/Animated" WikiProjects.

Overall, the article is informative and is mostly well-written. The strength of the article is the "Production" section. The "Plot" section can definitely use some work as it is lacking in some places and overly detailed about other scenes. The article is well-developed but can use some improvements in regards to the Plot and the Sources.