User:Charlottemeans/Evaluate an Article

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Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen to edit this article because I thought it would be interesting given that we recently discussed the Aqmar Mosque in class and examined elements of the facade. My preliminary impression was that more information could be added regarding elements of the façade and the vizier al-Mamun. I also noticed that some citations were still needed for a couple of sentences

Evaluate the article
I agree that everything in the article seems to be relevant to the topic, however, at times I felt that more information could have been added and that some topics were glossed over. Firstly, in the section that discussed the façade, there was no mention of how it did not face Mecca, yet the interior of the mosque is correctly aligned with Mecca, which I feel is something of great importance that should have been included. Additionally, in the section describing the decoration and symbols on the façade, I felt that more detail could be added when discussing the doors, and how through the medallion al-Mamun represented himself eventually leading to his arrest should have also been included. The article overall seems to have a neutral tone but at times some of the language appears very informal.

The article appears to have a good variety of sources including JSTOR articles, other scholarly articles, and scholarly books. However, not all facts were supported by citations, and following a couple of sentences were the words "citation needed". When I checked the talk page, It said that there had been copyright problems and one or more parts of the article copied other sources. These problems were removed and a reminder about copyright issues and the punishments (being blocked from editing) was included. Four references were also removed, but the user specified that they were most likely still good sources of information.

The article is part of three WikiProjects: WikiProject Architecture, WikiProject Egypt, and WikiProject Islam/ Mosques. In all three the article is Rated C-class and Low-importance.