User:Borobbins22/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Christianity - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
It was on one of the lists provided and I have been in Church my entire life because my Grandfather is a preacher. This topic interests me and I know a few things about it.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of this article is very informative. My biggest issue with it is that it goes into the beginnings of Christianity instead of simply stating what it is. If the third paragraph was moved into the body of the article, it would be more effective. If the third paragraph was not there, the lead would be very concise and easy to read, but the presence of paragraph three makes this lead a tough read.

The content is very relevant. Christianity has played a large role in Western culture and this article placed a very large importance on that. I believe that this article does not focus enough on modern Christianity and things like "mega-churches". The roots of Christianity are obviously important, but this article should cover more about what Christianity is today.

The article is definitely told from a neutral point-of-view. The author does not show any bias whatsoever throughout the article, which is appreciated. The article does have a large section on the influence Christianity has had on Western culture. A reader may be able to take this as a smidge of bias, but this is all that I have found. Minority viewpoints are accurately described as such. Since there are so many different viewpoints in Christianity, I see this as important. This article does not make any attempts to sway the reader toward Christianity. It is strictly informative, which is important when it comes to religion because of situations where religions try to "recruit" members.

The sources on this article range from books written in the 21st century all the way to some of the first books every written. It easy to find the sources and to dive deeper into some of the information. It is also nice that so many elements of the article are hyperlinked to their respective Wikipedia pages so that the reader can easily find out more about some pieces of the puzzle. Pretty much every fact that is not common knowledge has a citation linked to it. The sources come from a pretty good range of authors from people who are really into Christianity to people who merely study it. The article is very well-written with little to no errors. The images and media are very nice and informative and there are a plethora of them.

The conversations in the talk page can get somewhat hostile sometimes because of the subject. Religion always brings out a lot of arguments. Aside from this, there is a lot of great constructive criticism and helpful tips in the talk section. The article has been rated as B-class and a level-3 vital article in philosophy. It is also a part of many Wiki Projects including religion, philosophy, and mythology. Wikipedia tells what the article has accomplished and what its purpose is, while we normally talk about the content and editing in class.

The overall impression of this article is a strong one. Obviously an article of this magnitude is going to be near-perfect, but it still surprised me. I think the article could improve by adding a few sources here and there and maybe adding different types of Christianity. There were a few "Cristian Atheists" in the talk section who were upset about not being included. I would say that this article will never be totally complete because of how much something this big changes, but for the time being, I think it is as good as it gets.