User:Chloemors/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Paisley Caves

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Paisley Caves are an archaeological site in Oregon (my home state) where evidence of humans has been found dating back 12-14,000 years, making it the oldest evidence of humans in North America.

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.)

Lead Section

 * Contains some information not discussed in the article (relatively small article, so lacking some robust exploration)
 * Good description of caves and recent finds

Content

 * Content appears to be relevant and up to date
 * There are opportunities for expansion of history (previous archaeological digs, addition to National Register of Historic Places)

Tone and Balance

 * Tone and balance good. Little discussion of alternate viewpoints, but links to critiques

Sources and References

 * Sources mainly stem from the University of Oregon paper published on the cite, and critiques of that paper
 * Some citations contain dead links
 * Few/no citations for (although wiki page linked) to Luther Cressman and his excavation

Organization and Writing Quality

 * Good

Images and Media

 * Only one image, seems good

Talk Page Discussion

 * Talk page discussion on proximity to Eugene and Klamath River, possibly misleading information
 * Dating question on BP ranges
 * Part of the following WikiProjects: Oregon, Archaeology, Caves, National Register of Historic Places, Indigenous peoples of North America (start-class, mid importance)
 * Most talk is from 2012 or earlier, with some minor changes in 2017

Overall

 * Good, but perhaps lacking in depth
 * Strength in citations to published research
 * Good tone