User:Bmkler23/Evaluate an Article

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(Waulking song)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I choose this article because waulking or milling frollics are still a large part of the Gaelic culture in Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, and many of the songs that are preserved in Cape Breton were used as milling songs. I think this article has some good information, but could use some more sources, and detail.

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 sentance of this article is pretty solid. It gives a very breif, yet accurate description of what waulking is. I think the rest of the lead section has too much information in it. It does not give a breif explanation of the article's sections, and contains a considerable amount of information that is not mentioned or expanded on later in the article, and instead makes up the majority of the article. Most of the content is found in the lead section, with the only other section being a breif media section, with examples of the topic being found in pop culture and television. The article could also use a few more citations, and only talked breifly about the tradition on Nova Scotia. The a few of the sources it does have seem to be reliable, but there arn't many sources in total, and some of the links are dead. There are also no inline citations. The talk page gives a few suggestions of some details that could be added, and the conversation is all very polite and co-operative. The Aticle belongs to five wikkiprojects, all of which rate the article as start class. Overall, I would say that it is a good start to a page, that gives a very breif understanding of the key points related to waulking songs. I feel that it could be improved by talking more about the unique features of waulking songs and their role within Gaelic culture, as there is another wikipeadia page dedicated to waulking in general, as well as by talking more about the similarities and differences between waulking songs and who/ why they are sung, in Nova Scotia. I would say this article is underdeveloped, definitly needing some more realiable and updated sources, and reliable information, but does have some good information, and so is a good start.~