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 * 2014 Ukrainian revolution: (2014 Ukrainian revolution)
 * I have chosen to evaluate this article because I'm Ukrainian myself, and this event has been one of the most impactful in Ukraine's history in my lifetime. So, as much as the possible risk of my own biases could affect my opinion, I want to challenge myself to evaluate it in a way as if I am just an ordinary reader who wants to learn about this event.

Lead
The Lead of this article includes an introductory sentence which clearly describes the topic, by briefly mentioning the main occurrences that make up the bigger parts of the article. However, the downside of this Lead is that it is written with too much detail, as only one, long sentence makes up the entire section with numerous events being introduced. As well as this, the description of the events from the revolution as being 'violent' could also be perceived as a slight bias, as it could be seen as the personal opinion of this Lead's editor towards this topic.

Content
The content in this article is well relevant to the main topic, especially when the events of the 5-day protest described in the article is broken down into a chronological timeline based on the main events and what followed it. It is also helpful that the events are listed with the exact time at which they happened, making it easier to simplify the large variety of events. As well as this, although the content in this article is mostly surrounding what occurred during the revolution, the relevance of the event to the current time is still significant with the inclusion of listing the reactions from different countries regarding this subject - therefore, broadening the spectrum for where this topic can still be discussed in the world. Lastly, this article addresses topics such as conflict happening within Ukraine that is underrepresented in common news.

Tone and Balance
This article is primarily focused around describing what happened in light of the Ukrainian revolution in 2014, creating a mostly neutral tone throughout. It can also be noted that this article has done a good job at focusing on the actions of both sides, the police and the protestors, in order to maintain the spotlight in an equal amount ('The confrontation turned violent; the BBC, citing correspondents, reported that each side blamed the other').

Sources and References
Almost 390 references have been used thus far to create this article, showing the importance that editors have taken into explaining the background and root cause for the event of the 5-day revolution. For a description-focused article such as this one, this article has used many applicable news reports that spoke about the topic in order to be able to have the exact timing for the numerous events that happened. Although this can also be seen as a downside, because the reports which have been made from countries outside of Ukraine or Russia would not be considered entirely reliable as they are also getting their information from another source.

Organization
This article has been written in a very clear manner, describing the main events in a way that is easy to understand for any reader. As well as this, the article has been structured into a chronological break down of events in categories of: before the 'revolution' (background), during, and the aftermath.

Images and Media
The article includes a variety of images with descriptive captions. The choice of images was suitable enough to provide a better visual imagination and idea of what the events looked like from another perspective, especially to those who don't know how Ukraine's places look like. Furthermore, despite descriptions of deaths and violent attacks that are explained in the article, there are no graphic images to not cause discomfort from readers.

Checking the talk page
In the Talk page of the article, the main topics of conversation are about the sources and citations that have been made in the article. This is understandable as the significance of whether the article is based on Russian or Ukrainian reports would critically influence how the events in the article are described (e.g. propaganda, biases, favouring one side more than another).

Overall impressions
Overall, this article did a near perfect job at organizing the many events that occurred before, during, and after the 5-day event talked about in the article. If a reader wanted to gain a deeper understanding as to what happened in this event, they would be able to not only understand what happened, but also why and how they happened. The strength of this article would certainly be the numerous references that were used in order to compile an exact timeline of events. Whereas the negative of this article would be the addition of more current updates on how this event has influenced the country (Ukraine) in more recent years.

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