User:Bspoerl/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Sandhill crane

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article seemed to be a more basic article that was easy to understand and evaluate but also seemed like an article with a lot of good information. Sandhill cranes are very interesting as they almost went extinct.

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 lead is very informative and it does not contain any biased information. It introduces the habitat and different types of cranes which is on topic for the article. The articles information is relavent to the topic as the topic is very broad. There are not claims that are not neutral and there are no personal opinions. Up to date information is giving about the conservation of sandhill cranes, so there does not appear to be any information missing. However, a lot of the information is from sources that are about 10 years old but there are some more recent sources as well. The links do work and are relavent, reliable sites. The organization of the article is good and makes sense. A lot of information is able to be put on one wikipedia page about the cranes and it is easy to find. The article is informative and easy to read. The pictures do add to the content in the article and do not infringe on the copy right policies. On the talk page there are some interesting facts and new information that are not part of the actual article. There are some questions as well about the topic. The article is a B-class and of low importance. The article is well developed as it spans many sub categories about cranes with a good amount of information. The strengths of the article is how much fairly in depth information is given in a short amount of time and in an easy to read format. The article may need to add a little more up to date information, especially in terms of their conservation and endangered specie status.