User:Fersauvage/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Endangered species

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I've chosen this article since I think it's interesting thus it relates to the course work and it's useful because it provides information on a topic of general knowledge that can be important for action involving of the issue. I was also interested by the amount of information related to the topic, including the ways that the article is organized also makes it more engaging.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: The lead includes a concise introduction letting readers to identify the topic clearly, while the first paragraph gives the audience a clear and complete overview of what the article is conveying.

Content: The content is relevant to the topic while it helps to identify the main aspects that intervene in the process of having endangered species. Including most up to date information while still having the opportunity to renew or update some data.

Tone and balance: The article seems to be neutral, showing data that could be biased towards a specific area. The article persuades readers to involve in more related research and provides a general overview.

Sources and references: The references of information are not reliable, most of them result on pages with error or simply not found. The links show a slight bias onto the democrat party of the U.S. The sources don't seem to be from a diverse spectrum of areas, rather than a specific website where you can find various articles on different topics. Better sources could be found to provide a more insightful overview.

Organization and writing quality: The article is concise and clear, easy to read, with almost no grammatical or spelling errors within each section helps readers to go around easier.

Images and media: The article includes a set of media that is related to the text by providing various pictures of the endangered species of the U.S while not giving the same priority too other information shown. Images are well captioned and in a clear and quality format. With an image not providing a source, all the gallery pictures follow Wikipedia's copyright regulations. In general the images give the article an appealing view that provides a certain look.

Talk page discussion: The type on conversions under the talk page include several critiques against the article, implying that the article is biased topares a certain party. The article is rated as a C-class high importance Wikiproject. The topic is discussed this topic similar to what was shown in class.

Overall impressions: The status of the article is mainly insightful about certain topics related to endangered species while having the opportunity to a broader range of sources and providing data on a wider range of data. Articles strengths include ability to sort information and organize it accordingly and provide clear and concise information. The article can be improved by providing a wider range of sources that can help inform in different articles about about the topic. The article is slightly undeveloped, providing the opportunity to assess it by providing research and adding a wider range of sources that can provide an insightful unbiased article.