User:Bush 007/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
African spurred tortoise

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose this article because I think that tortoises are a very interesting animals. They can live to be over 150 years old. When I first say the article, my first impression was that the article was lacking and needed a lot of work.

Evaluate the article
The lead does not explain what will be covered, it needs more information as it only covers what the name of the species is. The content in the article is lacking as it only cavers basic knowledge about the tortoise and is missing lots of other information for example it is a vulnerable species, yet nothing is mentioned in the article about that except for the chart saying that it is vulnerable. The lead also mentions where the tortoise is from, but an additional map would be helpful. Other items can also be added to the content. The article does a good job of staying neutral. There are few sources and all but one of them are old and could be out of date. Many sources do seem to come from quality sources such as zoos. The article is easy to read because it is very simple. It is broken down into subjects, but there could be more subjects. The article includes images, but I believe that it needs a few more and a map to improve the page. The talk page is short, but it gets the point across that the page needs to be improved drastically. Overall the article is weak and needs to be developed. More content is needed since the main problem with the page is that it suffers from a lack of content.