User:Ginganinja2837/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluting?
Johann Sperling

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 to evaluate for as I am interested in the natural sciences and the length of this article made it seem plausible to evaluate within a course period. Initially, this article appeared to me as concise and straightforward.

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:

the lead is concise, informative, and identifies the major sections of the article. However, the phrasing of this section is slightly awkward.

CONTENT:

Sperling's career is briefly and aptly outlined, and his selected works are listed. Perhaps references to when Sperling composed the texts in question could have been integrated into the section on his career.

Links are provided to the articles on the related figures who are mentioned in this article, but perhaps a brief description of saod figures would enhance this article.

TONE AND BALANCE:

A neutral, unbiased tone is maintained throughout this article. Statement which refer to Sperling as a pioneer of zoology are cited.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES:

The reference list is composed of current sources, what appears to be an important historical work, and an online collection of citations of Sperling's publishings. Knowledge of the German language would certainly have helped me to evaluate some of these sources. Although the bibliography appears sparse, a preliminary search revealed that there does not seem to be much secondary scholarship in English on Sperling.

ORGANIZATION AND WRITING QUALITY:

Information of Sperling's early life and legacy respectively could have been further fleshed out and allotted their own sections.

It is unclear what the section entitled "Literature" contributes to this article.

The prose is frequently awkward.

IMAGES AND MEDIA:

Images appear to be well-captioned and cited. Moreover, both are clearly relevant to the topic.

TALK-PAGE DISCUSSION:

This article is part of three WikiProjects: WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Germany, and WikiProject Animals. It is rated Start-class and/or Low-importance for all three. This article was either written or ameliorated during a WikiProject Europe challenge. Additionally, this article was either partially or completely translated from German.

OVERALL IMPRESSIONS:

Overall, this article is a strong starting-point, but could definitely be furhter developed. I imagine that this article is stronger in its original German, and that I would have been able to provide more detailed and exact feedback, especially regarding citations, if I spoke this language.