User:Ethologyisfun31/Evaluate an Article

Article Evaluation
 Article Topic/Selection 

Brood parasites is an article surrounding the behaviour displayed by organisms who act as 'brood parasites', defining that these organisms rely on other animals to raise their own offspring. I have selected this article because I find this approach very interesting; from a resource standpoint, it does make sense as to why animals do this. Although, it seems quite rare for organisms to step away from their offspring when energy has been invested into producing them.

 Leading Paragraph 

The lead of this article includes an introductory sentence that introduces the terminology and gives a fairly detailed description of what the term reflects. The leading section also provides an image/caption to the side to give a clear visual understanding of the topic. The lead does include some major sections of the article, but not others; for example it mentions the Mafia hypothesis later in the article as a major section but didn't include this term in the leading section. It could use more coverage on the major sections.

 Content 

The content of this article has good examples and coverage of various situations in which brood parasitism can occur. There are smaller sections that could use more context and imagery. The content is up to date and has sources that are relatively recent.

 Tone Evaluation 

The tone of the article does not appear to have any biases and does not appear to show just one single point of view; it seems to be neutral.

 Sources and references evaluation 

There are a variety of sources scattered throughout (approximately 40) and each of them appear to be from reliable sources and have proper citation. The links prompt to the reference section and several of these citations lead to current sources listed under the MUN Library. The sources are thorough and they reflect the information and topic of the article.

Organization
The article is well-written. It appears concise, with an appropriate amount of detail, and contains proper grammar/spelling. The major sections are well organized and reflect the major points of the topic. The major sections should be with the leading paragraph more. The headings and subheadings within the article properly categorize difference versions of brood parasitism.

Images and Media
The images provided do correspond to the topics and examples in which correspond to them with clear captions. The article could use more imagery in the smaller portions written. The images provided have links that allow access to the page where they are located originally.

Checking the talk page
There are several conversations that ask questions related to the content and if it is relative or not. This article "is part of Wikiproject Birds and it was a Natural Sciences Good Articles nominee (but didn't end up meeting the criteria at the time.)" This discussion page is a little more specific in comparison to the discussion in class. It contains more examples.

Overall impressions
The article's overall status is C-Class and Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. The article's completeness is average; it is fairly well-developed but could use more detail and more imagery.