User:GracePhiri3750/Evaluate an Article

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(Provide a link to the article here.)Goats as pets

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l took some time to go over several stubs but this one caught my attention because it brought me back home. My grandparents keep a lot of animals at the farm including goats for agricultural purposes so l was intrigued to know more about how goats behave as pets. Although back home the goats are used for agricultural purposes some things in the article resonated with me such as the bond the animals tend to have with their owners. l guess this is something natural to goats because of the way they behave back home is the same way any goat would behave as a pet as indicated in the article.

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The lead section of this article is a good one because it does define the topic and provides key information that is in the article. The introductory sentence is quite informative and addresses the article's topic precisely.

The content of the article is easy to understand and follow however some aspects of the article such as feeding are not fully represented to create balance in content. I found that some points for the feeding topic were not well structured to give an easy flow of information in specific categories. The information is up to date as the cited links are mostly from recent years.

The article was written from a neutral point of view as it addresses the benefits of petting a goat and also the cons of it. More information can be added but from what's available there is no attempt to persuade the reader in favour of one position.

One of the links for the references provided was not opening so the information provided from reference 4 is not reliable. I found 2 of the references were from blog posts which are not good sources for articles on Wikipedia as they may be based on biased views. The blog posts do have good information that have a neutral tone however it's just not the best source for articles.

The article does involve pictures with relevant captions which bring better understanding of the relationship between owners and goat pets. This actually makes the article visually appealing and an easy read.

The talk page didn't have any conversations from other Wikipedians and the article is actually a Wikipedia stub hence more work is needed to be done to expand on this topic.

It is an interesting topic but just needs to be developed more using reliable peer reviewed sources. Instead of just focussing on what the goats feeds on more information can be added on their digestive system in order for people to have more knowledge on the anatomy of the animal. The effects of petting just one goat weather male or female should be added to the article in order to see how this affects their behaviours since goats are naturally herd animals. More information about the lifespan and gestation periods of the goat could be of use to this article.