User:Elen Benfelen/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Pagan studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) I selected Pagan studies as I am interested in the subject. It is an important subject to expand knowledge in the studies of Paganism, the page is well written providing many sources and additional reading.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The Lead Section

Pagan studies wiki page includes a concise summary of the topic as well as a content description.

Content

The article's content is relevant. Although listed in the lead section as approaches used, anthropology, archaeology, folkloristics, theology are missing content.

Tone and Balance

The article is written from a neutral viewpoint. There is no bias toward one view and has representation from different perspectives offering background information and various approaches.

Sources and References

The links listed work and provide reliable secondary sources to the facts provided. Current references are provided as well as diverse authors and resource material.

Organization and writing quality

The article is well organized, with no grammatical or spelling errors noticed; it is easy to follow and well written.

Images and Media

Placed near the info concerning their contribution to the subject is an image that follows the Copywrite protocol. It is a good location for the provided picture, and it is well captioned.

Talk Page and discussion.

The Pagan Studies article is part of the WikiProject Neopaganism, WikiProject Religion, and WikiProject Sociology projects. There is quite a bit of the information supplied on the talk page relating to the projects.

Overall Impression

The article is well developed, with content that pertains to the topic. Facts are given with sources and additional resources.

Strengths: The article subheadings provide organization, there are good resources, non-bias, easy to read.

Improvements: Additional approaches listed in the lead should be added to the approach subheading providing additional information on anthropology, archaeology, folkloristics, theology, and their connection to Pagan studies.