User:Ardorbel/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Name of article: California Current
 * I have chosen to evaluate this article for potential expansion as part of my Biogeochemistry course Wikipedia Project.

Lead Evaluation

 * The lead is good, although it may benefit from referencing some of the additional content of the article (which should also be added to).

Content Evaluation

 * The "Physical Properties" section might benefit from sections including: Temperature, Salinity, Upwelling and Nutrients. The paragraph under Physical Properties currently starting with reference to the Bakun Upwelling Index should fall under upwelling mechanisms and be placed in better context. Mention of increasing temperature reported by Scripps should fall under temperature and also be better contextualized.
 * The "Biological Properties" section is highly lacking and does not contain much relevant information, citing only a few sources. This could loop in a "Productivity" sub-section with info on plankton, etc.
 * The "Related Currents" section title is a bit misleading and should maybe be changed to "Regional Properties" with subheadings for the Southern California Bight, Northern California Current, and Davidson Current. The paragraph on the Southern California Bight provides useful information.
 * Information currently under the "Related Currents" section pertaining to El Nino might be better suited for a separate section entitled "Influence of Weather Patterns"
 * The article as a whole is currently limited in its scope and could benefit from some revised sentence structure, updated citations, and much more additional information on major current-defining physical properties, links to biology in the region (marine mammal migration, phytoplankton blooms, etc.), related currents and characteristics of regional sub-sections of the main current, interactions with other currents, information on nutrients, etc.

Tone and Balance Evaluation

 * The article is neutral, but heavily emphasizes upwelling and lacks in descriptions of other physical properties and all other information.

Sources and References Evaluation

 * The article is lacking in diverse and updated sources to substantiate information, which is generally lacking in context. Other users have pointed out broken links on the Talk page.

Organization Evaluation
Article could benefit from better organization and expanded headings/subheadings. See content evaluation.Article could benefit from better organization and expanded headings/subheadings. See content evaluation.

Images and Media Evaluation

 * The article is lacking in images, and might benefit from additional graphics showing current, subdivisions, and interactions with other currents. Images showing variations in T/S with weather patterns, season, etc might be interesting too.

Checking the talk page

 * This article was qualified as "Start" and listed as "High Priority" by the WikiProject California that it falls under. For these reasons it would benefit greatly from additional expansion.
 * There have been a few edits made, listed on the Wiki Talk page, and a few suggestions for additional information that should be addressed.

Overall impressions

 * Overall, the article would benefit greatly from a revamp and some TLC. This is a very important topic (as classifications indicate) and seems to have been under-developed thus far.