User:Fe.were/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Black-topped pottery

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article from among the list of suggested articles that were edited by a University of Florida African Archaeology class. This article is important as it introduces people to a unique pottery art style that emerged in Nubian archaeological sites. From the first glance the article seemed through and interesting.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: the lead section began with a strong introductory sentence that immediately told the reader what the subject of the article was. The next several sentences were dedicated to giving a brief overview of the information the subcategories would present. Overall, the introduction was short and to-the-point, never straying from the subject matter.

Content: all of the content in the article was up-to-date and relevant; the authors stuck close to their topic and didn't introduce any superfluous information. By contrast, the article doesn't seem to be lacking in any area of information. The article concerns one form of pottery to found in Nubian archaeological sites, which I would say is helping to bridge the equity gaps in archaeological knowledge.

Tone and Balance: the tone of the article was neutral and balanced, as we discussed the importance of in class. I didn't detect any biases, only facts.

Sources and References: the authors of this article were careful to make sure that all of their facts were corroborated by outside, trustworthy sources. I checked a couple of the links from the reference section of the article and they seemed to work fine. From what I saw, the sources were current and the authors did a through job of researching the subject.

Organization and Writing Quality: the article is professionally written using clear and concise language and good grammatical structure. I also found that the article's subcategories were well-chosen to go into greater detail about the subject matter where needed.

Images and Media: the images are useful for understanding what the subject matter looks like; I like the use of a photo gallery toward the end of the article as it was a visually pleasing way to show readers a lot of examples of the subject matter at once. All of the images had descriptive and informative captions.

Talk Page Discussion: there didn't seem to be any current conversations occurring on this article's talk page, but it article was rated c-class low-importance to several different WikiProjects.

Overall Impressions: there was no message I could find that rated the article, but I would say that it was a very solid example of what we will be trying to do with our own Wikipedia pages. From what I know about editing articles now and my lack of knowledge about the subject matter itself, I would say that the article is complete and not in any immediate need of improvement.