User:Cstrate01/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
American crow

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because i'm a fan of crows! I chose American Crows specifically to narrow down this assignment. First impression of it was organized and informational! Lots of great images.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section:

The lead starts with a good introductory sentence followed by a semi-wordy continuation. The continuation just compare the American crow to other types of corvid. I find that this may be unnecessary in the lead. Overall, It makes no false promises of information and is easy to understand.

Content:

The content is good! The language is academic but not difficult to understand and the page is well organized. In my opinion, the West Nile Virus maybe didn't need a whole subsection on the page. Its up to date and has several science leaning sections to learn more about the species in that route.

Tone and Balance:

The Article remains neutral and factual. No heavy bias detected on my end. Yay!

Sources and References:

Many reliable sources and links to other pages. Sources books, articles, scientific articles, peer reviewed sources, etc. Most sources are up to date (2000s) the latest being 2023.

Organization:

The writing was easy to read, understand, and free of grammatical errors (that I caught). The sections it is broken down into are easy to understand and make sense with the topic! The only subsection I would take out would be the one about the West Nile Virus and perhaps mention it with a link to the page for the virus instead of a whole section about it on the page for American Crows.

The images used make sense where they are placed and are high quality. It enhances the learning experience and are well captioned so the reader understands what they're looking at.

Overall Impression:

It's overall a strong article! The information is presented in a user friendly way and makes organizational sense. Improvements could be fleshing out the taxonomy page a bit more, but its a truly well done article. If the WWII page is an A then I would rate this article a B. There is always more to add! Id say it sits at about 95% complete, but again this is just on one morphotype of crow!