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Christmas Island

The lead section is written with clear and concise language avoiding lots of fluff words. It provides good general information including the where the island is and who lives on the island. Along with that, It hints at information that is talked about later in the article. Overall a solid lead section.

The content written in this article seems to be trustworthy with their being many citations to recent sources. It has heavy information about the history of the island which provides a quality insight of how the island came to be. Regarding ethnic representation, this article clearly explains who is on the island. A section of the writing was dedicated to expressing the demographics of people located on the island.

This article maintained a neutral tone throughout the writing. Through the many paragraphs it was consistent with reporting facts rather than opinionated statements.

The majority of sources were written within the last decade. Along with that, the sources that were checked all worked and were reliable pieces of information.

There seemed to be no problems with grammar with this article being professionally written. "Fluff" words were not very apparent in the writing which helped the article be more effective. It also has excellent organization with the several sections within the article.

There was quality use of media in this article as they utilized many photos and charts to help people learn more about the island. The chart regarding climate was helpful to learn more about the weather of this Island.

The talk page's conversations had a variety of topics. The relevant topics were education, religion, and ethnicity. An edit was made about the ethnicity of people on the island due to a talk page discussion. They updated a source regarding a census.

Overall, this was a well written article with quality factual information. It is well developed because of the many edits. There is not much to be changed other than possibly updating the citations on some of the links for more relevance. According to the quality rating, it ranks as b-class. With this being said, this article should be further improved especially in the education and sport section. These sections have limited information and should be improved.