User:Dndovie/sandbox

Practice for the Evaluating Wikipedia module
Writing for the Evaluating Wikipedia module.

==== Article evaluation: White-backed Vulture ====
 * Nearly all (if not all) of the information in the article is relevant to the article topic. It is a short article so there is nothing distracting.
 * The article is fairly neutral and seems to be presenting views about the White-backed vulture that are based on facts. The facts, however, are not cited.
 * Under the section "diet" there is more mention of the animal's endangerment despite the issue having its own section. I believe this does not need to be stated in this section. Each section should have a clear idea of its own and touch on that idea only in that section unless the idea really needs to be addressed in another. Thus I believe the endangerment of these animals is slightly overstated.
 * Most of the links work. One seems to lead to a different page than intended. The sources that work support the article's main topic and have a lot of good information on it.
 * Some paragraphs do not have sources at all even though they seem to be stating facts. The paragraphs with existing sources have sources that are factual, many reporting information found from studies. I do not detect bias when it comes to the sources used.
 * As stated above, the article could use more citations. It has paragraphs with no citations at all. Most of the information is out of date, with some dating back 18 years ago. Seeing as science is an ever-changing discipline with new information being discovered every day, the article could use some more current sources on the topic.
 * The article is part of the wiki project birds. It has been rated "low importance" and as a start class.
 * Discussion in the talk page involves topics such as the division of work in the class, pictures to use, using the correct taxonomy as well as discussion on topics the students are researching on such as the Indian Paradise Fly Catcher, American Sparrows and more.
 * The article talks about the topic of African Vultures in terms of endangerment which is what we touched on in class as well. This article talks specifically about one out of the 7 vultures we learned in class are endangered in the continent of Africa.