User:Finfinbear/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Taxus baccata

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen to evaluate this article as part of a class assignment in which we had the option between three articles. This article interested me the most.

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.)

This article starts out strong with a very good lead section. This portion explained the most important information about the plant in a catch-all summary that is concise and to the point. Additionally there is no information in the lead section that is not included in the article. The content of the page is very well laid out and flows appropriately. The most important or most commonly looked for information is near the top of the article where it can be easily located. These are things like the plants description, significance, how long the tree lives, and the toxicity. Each section is clearly understood and easy to read in addition to having a neutral tone overall. A very good sign that this is a well put together article is that there in no shortage of references at the bottom of the article. The majority of these references seem to be from academic articles which means that they are trusted sources. The talk page for this article is quite outstanding in my opinion. Since plants aren't usually a source of controversy (Sorry Dr. Bolin), I wasn't expecting a well put together talk page. However, this page is very detailed on edits and explaining why things were added and removed. Overall this is a very well written article and extremely interesting.