User:Esbacani/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Cowboy Bebop - Wikipedia

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 chose this article because I'm a big fan of anime and this series was one of the first works of fiction that I watched that had a post-apocalyptic setting. With it's combination of characters, themes, and story, it is regarded by the anime community as one of the best anime of all time. My first impression of this article was that it was long and very detailed, covering many different aspects of the series.

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 opening paragraph starts off by introducing the producers, followed by the synopsis of the show. At first, the lead section seemed longer than it needed to be until I realized that it was necessary to introduce other topics that get explored later in the article. With that in mind, this section does a good job at providing background for the serious without the making it feel too excessive. In terms of content, this article does a good job at covering the important aspects of the series without giving significant weight to one particular section. They are, for the most part, all evenly distributed and they provide just enough information to get their point across. Aside from the claim that critics hail this series as one of the best anime of all time, the majority of this article appears to be neutral. I do feel like they could have added more about how this series impacted western culture and media but it's somewhat understandable as it is a Japanese product that came out when anime was less popular than it is today. The reference list spans to 127 sources from the early 2000's to this day. I didn't go through each individual link but most of them successfully delivered me to the corresponding site. Overall, I think this article was well organized and easy to read without getting lost as it covered various points of the show without overwhelming me with information. The few pictures it has were picked well and provide context to the information provided. Once considered a featured article candidate in 2004, it's surprising to me that the quality scale was only at a c-class. There seems to be a lot more things that can be changed to this article before it can be regarded as a b-class or higher. One aspect that could be improved is the amount of detail the article presents to the reader. While we don't want excessively long articles, certain portions of this article could have benefited from added information and description.