User:Alenssen/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Massacre of the Innocents

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate due to an interest in the event from a Religion course I took. This event is only mentioned a handful of times in the Bible (in the Gospel of Matthew) and it is unclear whether this was an actual event that took place, or if it is simply lore and rumor that was passed down as truth by word mouth. My initial impression of this page is that it is well thought out and organized. The information is laid out in a way that makes it easy to find exactly what you're looking for, as well as providing ample links to outside sources as well as other Wikipedia links relating to the subject.

Evaluate the article
The initial sentence is concise and provides enough information. to identify what the page is about. This section includes some of the major sections, but it is missing at least one. The last sentence of the lead section sounds as if this article is persuasive instead of factual.

When addressing the history of the event, the tone seems to be persuasive. It seems as if there is intent to prove that the event didn't occur and it was made up. This is not factual evidence and should not be the only evidence in the History and Theology section.

Several of the sources are books that are not written from an unbiased, neutral point of view. In addition to that, there seems to be many sources with a goal to prove the event is fake.

The article was well-written, but it does not have a neutral tone. It is written in a way that leans too much toward suggesting it is fake and only provides evidence that the event did not occur.