User:Brprate/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Zoogeography

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I think it is an interesting subcategory of biogeography that I wanted to read more about.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section is concise and explains what the field of zoogeography is and what other disciplines it includes. It also talks about the origin of the subject. It does include the article's major sections (which are few).

Content

The content is relevant, but the only information included in the body of the Wikipedia page was who proposed different zoogeographic regions from the 1800s-1900s. I was really expecting more information on studies past and present that helped advance zoogeography, so I can understand what types of things they research. It would be cool for the page to include things like job opportunities or widely supported hypothesis in the field.

 Tone and Balance 

The tone is good at staying neutral throughout. One way I think it feels unbalanced is how little modern information it includes.

 Sources and References  The sources seem relevant and reliable, mostly coming from scientific journals. A majority of the sources are from pre 2000s, so I do wish there were more modern sources to reflect the advancements in the field.

 Organization and Writing Quality 

The article has no writing errors that I caught and flows really well. The tone is professional, which I think is appropriate for this type of article.

 Images and Media 

There is only one image that shows the geographic regions suggested by Wallace in 1876. This is nice to see, but there are more regions now, and I wish it included a current map. The images seem to follow the copyright limitations.

 Talk Page Discussion 

There has been no discussion in the talk page since 2016, so it is hard to see what changes have been made. The page informed me that the status of the page is Start-Class, meaning it has more work to be done. It is also part of WikiProjects Animals.

 Overall Impressions 

I feel like there is a lot of missing information about the field of zoogeography that could be added. The page just looks very bare. This is a shame because the lead section had a lot of good information, so I wish the rest of the article was held to those standards.