User:Avaryvinciguerra/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Horoscope

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because astrology is something i am interested in and have some background knowledge in. What I found immediately while reading this article is it is not a neutral opinion on astrology which is an issue since wikipedia wants to be known for no one sided opinion articles.

Evaluate the article
This article does a good job at breaking down all the aspects of what astrology is, while making sure to mention that there are multiple different types of astrology depending on what culture is being talked about. In the introductory paragraph a lot is covered in one paragraph that can be slightly confusing and overwhelming with information but as you go through the article everything is explained with good amount of detail depending on how important each section is to the overall definition of astrology. From what I can see all of the content is up to date including a couple of sentences about how mainstream media uses astrology to gain readers. This can sound a bit opinionated but with some examples of how the media does this could help back up the statement. Although it doesn't really add much to the overall definition of astrology. Most of this article is neutral except for the section of the article that talks about scientific criticism. The author makes claims that astrology has been rejected by the science community but doesn't provide and proof of that through citation or quotation. So it very well could be someone a part of the scientific community behind the screen voicing their opinion on the matter. This article has a minimum amount of sources cited, and none that are repeated throughout the article so there is no bias. But the lack of citations could cause some concern of made up material or plagiarism if looked through more thoroughly. I do not see any grammatical or spelling mistakes and its very well organized with big headers explaining what each paragraph is about. There are five images used to show the different types of charts and symbols used in astrology and they all have links to where they came from but they are small and off to the side. You almost don't even notice some of them at first. There isn't much discussion in the Talk page on this article but most agree that the science section isn't very neutral and needs to be worked on. There is also one comment about the legitimacy of one of the facts, specifically the root word for the greek word "Hora". So maybe some more fact checking throughout the article is needed. Overall this is an interesting article that covers a lot about astrology. The author does a good job about not keeping the article strictly westernized and incorporates the differences of astrology in different cultures, but these sections could use some expanding. The author does need to work on neutrality. By making the sentences less wordy, the authors opinion may not shine through as much. As well as more sources that could back up the statements so they don't sound so much like opinions.