User:DeLandNebbb/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the word Barbarian - Barbarian

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evalualte this article because I am talking a class about greek history and also it looked very interesting and in depth. Also I don't know if we can choose any article but I did.

Evaluate the article
The introductory sentence describes what a barbarian is and desrcibes the whole article. The begining part includes sections that are later talked about in the article like the Etymology and semantics of the word. The lead is a bit wordy for a lead but gets the job done and includes everything said in the article.

The article gives a brief background to each of the instances that Barbarian is used in context to the real world so everything is relevant to the word Barbarian and its background. There is nothing that is really distracting since evrything is in relation to the topic. Since barbarian was a word used in the olden times there is not really anything out of date since it is an overview and history of the word but it does include a modern popular culture section. So if anything could be added is things from 2022 - 2023 because as Dungeons and Dragons become more popular there are more barbarian characters.

The article stays good in mainting a neutral tone and there are no biases toward any position and since it is a word it just focuses on the history of the word. The only major section that I felt was underrepresented was the modern popular culture. I felt like there could be more said since the modern times is ever expanding since more and more barbarian characters appear in pop culture. Nothing seems overrepresented and each section seems to have an adequate amount of information. It also is very well written and does not ramble on a topic for too long and is easy to read. It is well organized and it takes us through the history of the word in time so from the earliest to the latest information.

The citation links seems to work and the sources tied to the articles support the claims well with great accuracy. Each fact referenced has a good reference and all of the sources are netrual since they come from dictionaries and old pieces of non fiction. Not one source comes from the same author and has a diverse cast of authors.

Most of the converstions were just how the article could have been a bit more neutral and some of the information could not be right. Lots of arguements about how some of the information is somewhat inaccurate and also edits and changes they would add. Like some people added translations and other words people across time and the world use instead of barbarian.The article is rated as a C-class and is part of porjects like Classical Greece and Rome, Philosophy, and Anthropology and are all rated mid to low importance to the projects.