User:CountDomino/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Christianity in Algeria

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because of its relevancy to the class. It matters because Christianity is one of the world's largest religions, and one that originated within the mediterranean region. Understanding the extent of Christianity and the history of its existences in Algeria can provide context as to how people act. My preliminary impression of the article was poor, seeing as how there wasn't ample information under the different headings. However the headings made sense for the article, they just didn't have as much information as I thought they would.

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 section of the article does a good job of going over the overall information about Christianity, however it does feel targeted to be more historical than just general. The first paragraph doesn't go into how Christianity came to Algeria, rather notable Christian figures who lived in Algeria, and then the demographics of the country. The overall content of the article does a better job at covering the bases of what people would be looking for: history of Christianity in Algeria and the two types of Christianity that can be found.

The tone of the article could use some work, as there are several spots where it feels more like the article is trying to argue a point rather than state it as complete fact. Along with this, the information doesn't flow as well as it could, with some spots having information that feels irrelevant to the previous sentence and the section.

There are plenty of sources and references, and they seem to be appropriately place. There are some sections that are not sourced, so that could use some further research to complete. The media feels appropriate for the page, with the History section using historical photos, the Catholicism section using pictures of cathedrals, and the Protestantism section using current photos of Christians practicing in Algeria.

The article is part of the WikiProject for Algeria, which may explain why is feels somewhat haphazardly put together. There is one complaint about the tone of the article, and the only other talk page entries are about fixing an external link. It also mentions how the article is a translation of one in another language, once again explaining why there might be some tone and organization issues, if there was a problem with the translation.

The articles current status is C level, and I think that adequately describes the article. There are good subsections and important citations about that information. However, there could definitely be room for improvement in the form of fixing the tone, making it less biased, and adding more overall content to cover some of the aspects these sections may have missed, like Christianity within the government, or Christianity in the eyes of the Muslim majority.