User:Elycadiz/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Romano-British culture

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this topic in hopes of gaining a wider understanding of the interactions between Rome and Britain pre-, during and post-invasion. This article is important because it is a quick read, which gives a basic understanding on the topic. Although the article is good, it can use more information and a few more rounds of editing to make it a well-written article.

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 has a good introductory sentence, however, the whole section can be edited to reflect the other information in the article. For example, it should include a brief detail on Roman citizenship and what occurs after the Roman period. Since the Welsh culture was mentioned in the first paragraph of the lead, it would be helpful to expand on this by having another subheading in the article which summarizes cultural ways and traditions of Wales. Additionally, a brief paragraph on Roman culture and indigenous Britons prior to the fusion of Romano-British culture would help solidify the understanding of readers.

Although the article has an obvious bias towards the Roman culture. For example, the article offers great detail on Roman invasion but did not mention how the British counteracted. It also does not include details on British influence towards the Romans.

The articles has a wide variety of references for the amount of detail that is written, however, some of the information in the article are not referenced and some sources are published more than 20 years ago. This article will benefit from an updated information and sources, preferably primary sources that are published in the last ten years.

The article is very easy to read and does not have grammatical or spelling errors, however, it is missing some information or subheadings that are mentioned in the lead.

The images in this article are helpful but it needs citations. It can also use some colour as the pictures appear somewhat monotone. A detailed caption is needed for the second and third images.

The editors of this article had a long discussion on whether to name the article Romano-British or Romano-British cultures. There are also arguments on some details such as is the population after invasion mainly Celtic or is it Romano-Celtic. There is also a discussion on diversity or occupation, spelling errors and edit wars regarding the name of the article. This article is rated C-class and is a part of ten WikiProjects.

Overall, this article is good and will be helpful to the readers who want to gain a basic understanding of the interactions between Rome and Britain. The article is very easy to read and is straightforward. To improve this article, background information on both the Romana and British culture before invasion must be written. It can also use more details on how the Britain influenced Rome. This article is still incomplete, but it has a lot of potential.