User:Andr3w z3nd/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating? Hoary bat
(Provide a link to the article here.) Hoary bat

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 was looking at the Western Fence Lizard Wikipedia page and traveled down to the categories section where I clicked on the link to Fauna of the San Francisco Bay. In the list, I found the Hoary Bat which I found equally cute and terrifying. After reading the article, I find them to be cute and I found it sad that there are an astounding amount of deaths of Hoary bats due to wind turbines.'''

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.)

'''I thought that the lead section for the Hoary bat was done well. It offers a brief and broad explanation of what the animal is and its general traits that a person casually glancing on the page would want to know. I do think that an additional sentence or two introducing/expanding on what the article will be talking about in the other sections would be beneficial though.'''

'''The content is relevant but it does seem like there is a lot of space and detail to be added within the article. Even the article admits in the reproduction section that researchers do not have a full definitive answer as to when Hoary bats reproduce but it is likely sometime around August. The article itself was neutral and detailed the information in a matter of fact way with no apparent biases. It also doesn't seem like the article is trying to steer the audience in a certain direction as to how to feel about the bats. They mentioned the large amount of deaths due to wind turbines that likely made audiences feel sad but it was done in a matter-of-fact way.'''

'''The images didn't contribute much. There are two pictures of the bat and both of them I had a difficult time analyzing the bats features. It didn't display their behavior or wingspan. It simply showed the bats color and an off-guard capture of its face in harsh flash-lighting. The images can definitely be improved.'''

Overall, I feel like the article contained some educational information but it could really benefit from additional research and edit entries in the article to put it on the same caliber as some other animal article pages on Wikipedia.