User:Bravestofbrave/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
9th West Virginia Infantry Regiment

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am interested in Civil War history and I thought it would be interesting since West Virginia owes its existence to the Civil War. Prior to reading the article, I was expecting to find a history of the regiment and some detail on its commanders and where they fought.

Evaluate the article
The lead of the article provides an extremely concise description of what the 9th West Virginia was in a single sentence. For this type of article, I believe that a concise lead works best. Included in the lead is also a table of contents that gives an accurate picture of what to expect from the article.

The content of the article is extremely informative and I believe it to be as accurate an account as is possible. The article covers the formation of the 9th West Virginia, its action throughout the Civil War, along with its commanders and casualty count for the war. The contents are organized in a logical manner and provide a great background for the regiment.

The tone of the article is very neutral and is written as in a unbiased manner, focusing on the history. Seeing as it is a regimental history, there are not really any alternate viewpoints.

The author of the article employed a few writings by experts in Civil War history as references. Having encountered some of these references in my own reading, I can attest that they are accurate and reliable sources. As for if there are better sources available, I am not familiar enough with academic articles about West Virginia in the Civil War to say for sure.

The article is well organized as I mentioned above and very easy to read, having been organized in a chronological and logical manner. The writing does not contain any grammatical errors and is very well written and easy to understand.

Within the article are included only a couple images of the unit's commanders. While it is not much, it is possible that there are no definitive records indicating that other pictures taken were taken of the regiment or its men. As such, these two pictures provide enough of a look at the regiment.

There is no discussion on the talk page.

Overall I believe that the article is very well written and is an informative history of the 9th West Virginia. My only suggestion would be the addition of more photographs if anymore are found. Otherwise, the article is very well done.