User:Baconeggandcheesecroissant/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Marine biology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is a discipline in the field of biology. Marine biology has always fascinated me. This article gives an overview about what marine biology encompasses.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section starts off with a description of the topic at hand. Anyone who reads this can understand the message conveyed. This section covers the general topics that will be discussed. It is concise and informative; nothing too long. This section does mention a few topics that are not present in the article; however, these topics are linked to their own pages respectively, and are not needed to understand the basic concepts of marine biology.

The content in this article is definitely relevant. All of it relates back to marine biology. It appears up to date, however, deep research would be required to check this. All sections are given an adequate amount of information, and all have a link to their main page that is focused on solely that topic.

The entire article is written from a neutral perspective. There does not appear to be any bias nor any persuading to one side of a conflict. It is a purely informative article.

The author(s) who created this page made sure to cite their sources and make sure they were reliable. They are various sources from different years to ensure accurate information. Journals and universities are among the sources used and the links do work.

The article is quite clear on the information it is conveying. There are clear topic markers for each individual topic or subsection. It is easy to search for something and has a high ease of reading.

All images used are well captioned and are visually appealing. They are colorful and draw the eye. Showing the reader what they are referring to enhances their point and also gives the reader something fun to see.

Most of the conversations on the talk page are outdated and have since been fixed. Some topics included adding a section on famous marine biologists, updating pictures, or just adding more detail in certain areas. This article is related as C-class and is a part of a few WikiProjects: Biology, Fisheries and Fishing, Marine Life, etc.

I believe this is a well-developed article, but could also use more detail in some places. There is a conversation on the Talk page regarding a section to be added about technologies used. There are also some sections that seem a bit short, so maybe a few more sentences further explaining things.