User:Fionaslagter/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Talk:Deforestation by region

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because the topic is interesting to me and this article is in need of evaluation. There are already several Wikipedia editors working on this article so I already have a bit of an idea on what needs work on this article.

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.)

Lead section

- intro sentences clearly defines the content of the article

- concise and to the point

- Title should possibly be changed to Deforestation by country, as that is how the article is organized

content

Tone and Balance

- This article is from a neutral point of view.

Sources and references

- article is well-sourced for the most part, some sources are out of date and need to be updated

images and media

- Images are representative of the content of the article and properly explained and sourced

- I think it would be a good idea to add more images as lots of the countries do not have an image present

Talk page and discussion

- The main discussion on the talk page is the topic of changing the title from Deforestation to forest management. There has not been a sound conclusion to this title change as authors are still discussing it. This article is part of several WikiProjects (Environment, Ecology, Forestry, and Plants)

overall impressions

- This article is well written and informative but is still lacking in some places.

- This article could be improved by possibly renaming it

- There are several countries, such as Russia, that have no information available in this article, and some countries with only a sentence or two of information. This should be expanded upon in further edits.