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Otto Goldschmidt
Otto Goldschmidt

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article as part of my music history class. Researching Otto Goldschmidt piqued my interest since I am familiar with his wife, Jenny Lind.

Evaluate the article
The lead includes a very concise introductory sentence that clearly describes the subject of the article. No information that is missing from the article is included in the lead, although there is no description of the article's sections.

The content in the article is relevant to the subject, and all of the sources/notes included are recent and up to date. I would not go as far as to say they are all scholarly; it appears that some sources may be unreliable. I would say that much of the information about his piano compositions is missing, and I believe it would be beneficial if some of that information could be found and included.

Overall, the article has a very neutral, unbiased tone. There are no personal viewpoints included, nor any inaccurate descriptions or opinions of other groups.

Again, the sources seem to be current, up to date resources. However, they are not all scholarly. For example, there is a link to an article from the New York Times, which may not be the most reliable source of information. Most of the links in the sources work, but there are still a few that do not work or have no link to the source itself at all.

The article does not have any grammatical errors and is way to read and understand. The labeled sections help divide the content, although it would be nice to have more sections and content available.

The article includes relevant images that relate to the content, and they all are in the public domain.

The only edit and conversation appearing on the talk page is that of someone who removed a picture containing a presumably different Otto Goldschmidt than the man who married Jenny Lind.

The article's overall status is Start-class, so there is much room for improvement and addition of new information. The article is very concise and does include many great details about Otto Goldschmidt's life. Although, I do believe there could be more information found about his music and experience composing. As is, the article is rather thorough, but with more research and digging up of possibly hidden facts, I think it could be improved even more.