User:Esch08/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Oceanography

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article is interesting to me because it describes the field of study that I want to pursue in the future. I found it to be an informative, well written article that helped me know more about the field of oceanography.

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 is very good, it is concise but defines the field of oceanography, and describes what it studies. It also connects to the other fields that can be studied that relate. The article is written in a neutral, scientific tone that is very well suited to the subject. It is written using a wide variety of well written sources that are well respected in the scientific community. The article itself is clearly composed, with different sections clearly shown, each corresponding to a different topic. The images in the article are well captioned, and the sources are cited correctly. The talk page has many more sources added, and the content double checked and added to. Overall, this article is very informative and well developed. It is clear, and written to inform the reader on the study of oceanography.