User:BrianaEllie/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bioculture

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose bio culture because it was a topic that sounded interested that I haven't yet explored. Understanding the connections between biology and culturural factors that effect human ebehavior sounded very interesting.

Evaluate the article
Lead section-

The lead section of the article thoroughly defines bioculture. However, it does not necessarily cover the articles major sections and serves more as a definition based paragraph. I would not necessarily say that there is information not covered in passage because it only covers an extensive definition. I do believe the paragraph is unnecessarily complex and wordy, making it difficult for those unfamiliar with the topic to understand.

Content-

The article is relevant and up to date and to the topic, but poorly organized as some titles of sections do not properly represent the context of the text. Some sentences may not make the most sense because I believe the article may have been translated for instance the use of 'he' in place of 'the' in a sentence. Bioculture is not a word defined in the English language and the article covers that as well as its Spanish origins in a section titled "existence". I believe this topic covers equity gaps by presenting the fact that bio culture is not a term within English and its attempt to bridge the gap in Spanish-english terminology.

Tone & Balance-

The article is written form a neutral point of view and is not persuasive of any position.

Sources & References-

The reference section is organized and effectively provides the sources used to write the article. There is a mixture of current and dated sources so it may be best to explore any new information on this topic in order to update the article. The sources are also from a variety of authors which help present a well rounded definition of bio bioculture. Additionally, the sources appear to be from reputable articles and journals and the links are functional. There seems to be more up to date relevant sources available which would add to this article.

Organization and writing quality-

As stated previously, this article seems to be translated which is understandable due to its nature of bridging English-spanish terminology. It lacks a well organized structure and possess a few grammatical errors which would be beneficial to be edited through.

Images and Media-

There are no images and media included in this article.

Talk page discussion-

There is no post on the talk pages and the article was nominated for deletion in 2007.

Overall Impressions-

Although nominated for deletion I believe it is an important topic to cover in order to help bridge translation within academia. The article is somewhat poorly written but due to translational issues that would be able to be fixed by someone with strong knowledge of the English and Spanish language.