User:Figapartmenttoast/Evaluate an Article

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Kufic

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I really enjoyed learning about Kufic script in class and through the readings. My first impression is that this is a fairly thorough article.

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The article has a very concise lead that provides all the necessary information for a general overview of Kufic script, including its origins, primary uses, characteristics, and variations, all of which are subheadings of the article.

All of the article content is up to date, relevant, and concisely portrayed. I do not see any instances of under or mis representation of marginalized groups. At the risk of getting excessively detailed, some information could be provided about the page orientation that most manuscripts with Kufic scripts had. There could also be more information on Kufic variations apart from just square Kufic.

It is my opinion that this article has a neutral tone and does not lend itself to any bias.

This article has a good number of citations ranging from academic art journals and books that provide a survey view of Arabic calligraphy to publications by museums with large collections of manuscripts with Kufic script. I will however note that a number of the sources do not have a link attached to them -- I believe most of these are attached to citations of books rather than websites, which may explain the lack of a link.

This page is under several Wikiprojects: Writing systems, Arab world, Iraq. It is rated as B-class, start-class, and start-class, for each Wikiproject respectively. The talk page primarily deals with readings of the Kufic script, clarifying differences between Ancient Kufic and square Kufic. There is also an interesting chunk where someone appears to have written something that should have been on the main page (or so multiple contributors have pointed out on the main page)

I think this article has a good start but could use more detail on the different variations of Kufic script.