User:Arojas251/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Judith and Holofernes (Donatello)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am familiar with the story behind the subject matter and other art works that depict the same subject. I enjoy the story of Judith and Holofernes and I am familiar with the pieces by Donatello's.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

The lead the “Judith and Holofernes (Donatello)” article was a good quick overview on the sculpture. It was not overly detailed where you felt like you read the whole article in the first two paragraphs. It was brief and left the reader wanting more.

Content

Everything in the article was completely relevant and the information made full circle. As you read you asked yourself a question and later answered it as you continued on. I do believe the article itself is up to date as far as the placement of the satue and the significance. I would say that there’s information on Judith missing, she’s one of the two characters on this sculpture and very little was said about. I would like to know why her, why was she so important and how was she able to behead a powerful tyrant like Holofernes.

Tone and Balance

The overall tone of the article seems neutral. The writer does seem to focus more on Holofernes and not Judith, but it doesn’t come off as biased. There’s no mentioning of right or wrong about the act being depicted by the sculpture. It was just plain, simple and informative.

Sources and References

All facts shared seemed to be correctly cited and backed up by another source. There’s a diverse spectrum of authors. I would say there’s other articles the writer could’ve researched to explain Judith’s symbolism and role in this sculpture a little more. All the links provided were working and correctly linked to the proper articles.

Organization and writing quality

This article was an easy and quick read. There was no grammatical errors or spelling mistakes. It had a good flow from beginning to end. The sub-categories were organized very well with a good amount of detail.

Images and Media

This article has one image included; I feel like the image used was good enough. It shows the sculpture at an angle where you’re looking up at it. There’s no great detail in the image to see all the inscriptions mentioned in the article but I feel like since it’s casted in bronze an image to show the inscriptions would be hard to come around. Overall the image does help to get an idea of what the writer is talking about.

Talk page discussion

There’s no talk about this article. No comments have been made on it. The article is rated “start-class” and “low importance” not sure what this means. It’s linked to other WikiProjects such as Visual arts, bible, Italy, and sculpture.

Overall impressions

I feel like this article needs a little more research I didn’t take enough information away from it as I wish I would have. Maybe two things out of the whole article stuck with me. The placement part at the very end of the article feels misplaced, it just doesn’t feel like it belongs where its located. The article definitely has some room for improvement. A little more diverse research could go a long way with this article.