User:Bschmidt9187/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_London

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.) Because Pre-Christian England is fascinating to me, and the impact of these social norms on the society had on the cites of the time. It provides insightful analysis of the pre Christian and post viking settlement of the Thames river valley

= 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 introductory paragraph clearly defines the time period, context, and events that would occur in the pre Cristian settlements in the London area. Furthermore the lead section of the article clearly creates several distinct time period and key historical changes that define London's history, a little long winded it serves the purpose of conlisdaitng the authors main ideas.

The article does discuss, with relevant context the history of a fairly under represented population and time period in English history, the article appears to be researched from reliable and good sources, that are all fairly recent. the article does discuss Norse religion and culture as it relates to the act of viking.

The tone of the article is very well balanced and is not partial to one side or the other as it relates too the religion and moral character the pre-Christian English or the Vikings. The article also uses up to date sources none earlier then 1990 and all written about the specific subject by various experts in the field.

The article is dry, however it is written in a chronological and orderly manner that I as a historian have grown accustomed to, split into specific sections each dedicated to specific part of Londons history.

The talk page is written in an colobrative manner and seems to be mostly productive

The article is strong on content, and following policies, however the article could use a little more character or intruge in it's writing style.