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 * Bacchanalia
 * I chose to this article because during my last two years at university, I have found my interest focuses mainly around the Mystery Cults of Greece and Rome.

Lead

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 * The first paragraph of the pages briefly explains what the Bacchanalia is as well as who it's dedicated too. It also provides information to where it occurs.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Because there is little information known about mystery religions in Greece and Rome, the lead does jump to different subjects and doesn't flow as nice as it should.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Interpretations and Modern usages were not talked about during the lead. The lead talks mainly talks about the background and development of the Bacchanalia, as well as the legislative reform.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Overall the lead seems to be concise to what is published in the article, however, it should include how the Bacchanalia inspires people of the modern age.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The article is extremely relevant to the topic. However, not much is known about the religious event, which is why most of the information comes from Livy.
 * Is the content up-to-date? it's hard to say if the content is up-to-date because this practice occurred in ancient times, however I would guess that it isn't.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? I think there is some content that is missing because most times when it comes to mystery cults, you can find some sort of initiation rights based on the cult.

Tone and Balance

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 * The article is neutral.
 * Nothing seems heavily biased on the article, but because the information comes from Livy, one can believe that it is bias due to Livy's sources.
 * I think that the view of Livy are heavily overrepresented because most information of the Bacchanalia is based on his views, but I believe there should be other sources that can be useful to what the religious event is and how it works.
 * No, it doesn't attempt to persuade readers.

Sources and References

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 * Most of the sources focus around the Bacchanalia, except for a few sources that don't seem to be relevant to the specific topic.
 * From the research I have done, most of the sources reflect on available literature.
 * All the sources are outdated, the most recent source that was published was in 2007.
 * Only two of the sources had links, both in which they did work, but one of them I couldn't access due to it belonging to another university.

Organization

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 * The article itself is easy to read, there are some spots that don't seem very relevant, in my opinion, but overall clear. There is some areas that jump around but rearranging it would be helpful.
 * No grammatical errors that I had noticed right away. I do think that there are sentence-fragments that can be fixed.
 * The article is broken down into sections, which are helpful depending on what a reader is looking for. I think 'Background and Development' section should be two different categories.

Images and Media

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 * There are some photos in the 'Media' section, that focus on what one would think takes part in the Bacchanalia, but the photo at the top near the lead, doesn't related to the Bacchanalia at all.
 * They are well captioned.
 * I think that they follow the copyright regulations.
 * Considering they are in there own category, I think so. But, the pictures would be better if they matched up with certain sections of the article that are relevant to the photos.

Checking the talk page

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 * WOne large part of the talk page is in a different language but if I knew what it said, I would probably agree. After reading the talk page realized that other people have clearly picked up on many things that I missed or thought made sense to myself but now realize that it should be fixed. However, I did notice somethings that are completely wrong with it.
 * The article is a "start-class" rating. I'm not sure how to find out if it is part of any WikiProjects, but considering I am working on it, I am going to say yes.
 * The talk page is very opinionated to what the Bacchanalia was and often provided information of what they say is factual information, however I don't have proof of this being true.

==== Talk page evaluation; 8/10 I enjoy the talk page because it helped me understand more things that may be wrong with the article that I didn't see. This page will help me avoid / fix things on the article as well as quadruple check the information so all the information is correct on the article. ====

Overall impressions

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 * After looking through the Talk page, this article needs some correction.
 * The biggest strength is that it delivers a good message and tells readers what the Bacchanalia is, but it should focus what it represents.
 * I think what could improve this article if there was a section in which the Bacchanalia relates to the Dionysian Cult or the Liberalia, focusing on the similarities and differences if there is any.
 * I think this article is pretty well developed, in my opinion, but it definitely needs to be fixed in some areas. But then again, maybe that is just my opinion on the matter and other people may not think the same way as I do.

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