User:AtlasTheMagnificent/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article because it was easy to find on James Clerk Maxwell's page. It was C-rated and Poynting was a physicist. My first impression of the article was that it was surprisingly shorter than what I expected.

Lead Section
The introduction sentence gives a concise idea of the article's topic, the life of John Henry Poynting. It doesn't give a brief description of the article's major sections, only that Poynting was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College. It is bare-bones with only two sentences.

Content
The content is relevant to the topic which is the life of John Henry Poynting and his achievements/legacy. The content is likely up-to-date because the last revision was published 4 months ago. The biography section had a short paragraph of his personal life and seems like either there was less reliable information on that subject or people neglected that part of Poynting's life. This physicist was a white Englishman, so not an underrepresented person.

Tone and Balance
The article is neutral for the most part, just a list of facts about Poynting. There aren't any claims that appear heavily biased toward one position. There are no viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented, the viewpoints that are included, I think are fair. There is one viewpoint that I would consider fringe that Poynting died of a diabetic coma, but it is described as a minority viewpoint because there is a 'citation needed' notice. Overall, the article doesn't try to persuade the reader.

Sources and References
Most of the sources listed are from primary sources or journal articles, but some are from biographies of Poynting and Thomson. Biographies can sometimes bring the author of the biography in the book which can muddle the information gathered from these sources. The sources reflect the available literature even if it is from a biography. They are not as current as the latest source listed was from 1992 while the majority are from the early 1900s. They are written by many people, but they are not diverse in race, gender, or socioeconomic status. The links to the sources work except for two that direct to the General Register Office in the UK but are not hyperlinked. I found an additional source that is reliable, but not used on Poynting's page, so there are better (or at least additional) sources for Poynting's page.

Organization and Writing Quality
The article is clear concise, and easy to read with no grammatical or spelling errors. The article isn't broken down into well-ordered sections because it lumps both his academic and personal life into one section labeled 'Biography'.

Images and Media
The article includes images that enhance understanding of the topic which includes a portrait of Poynting, his place of work, two Blue Plaques of him, and a photo of one of his works. The only image that isn't needed is one of the Blue Plaques, one is sufficient. The images are used correctly and do not violate Wikipedia's copyright rules. Most of the images are laid out in an appealing except for the photo of his work title page because it leaks below the Works section into the References section.

Talk page discussion
The talk page doesn't have discussions between other people just posts of people asking questions, but no one has replied to them after multiple years up to 10 years. There is one post about someone finding a source that Poynting coined the term 'greenhouse effect'. The article is rated C and interested in Biography: Science and Academia and Physics: Biographies.

Overall Impressions
The article seems incomplete, there isn't enough information to flesh Poynting out yet on his page. It is a model article in the sense that it is neutral and easy to read, but not completed. There has to be more discussion on the talk page to increase interest in finding more information. His personal life part of the Biography section is one, small paragraph, so it would make the page more complete if more information was added to that part.