User:Hectorhhernandezz/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Leaning Tower of Pisa

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have always been one to be interested in educating myself on other cultures, such as traditions and ideas commonly held by individuals that form part of them. Italy has been one of many European countries I’ve visited, and have loved it ever since. I also like learning random facts about things in countries, like how the Liberty Flame in France became a shrine for Princess D. It’s so important to have global awareness in order to have a more open mind. My first impression of the article was that, though short, it seemed concise, factual, and straight to the point.

Evaluate the article
This article’s lead comes off as very informative and establishes a clear foundation for the rest of the article. Some basic insight is provided about the structure that further introduces other topics that are discussed in the piece. The description is brief and concise, and not overly detailed, or overwhelming to read.

When reading over it, the content is relevant to the topic, as it talks about the tower’s construction, those involved in it, and even technical facts about its features. Overall, the facts seem straight forward and up-to-date, though some can come off as contradictory. The tone was neutral and did not seem to hold any bias. It was organized into subcategories- like most Wikipedia articles- on important information like the tower’s role in history, or what World Records it has held. The writing is professional and grammatically correct. Furthermore, the article does contain a good amount of media- all pictures- and they range from one in the 1890s to one of it in 2013. However, there were notes that struck my eye. For example, fives names were highlighted in red- meaning there was no article to link them to in Wikipedia, and when searched online, they cannot be found. These names could be as real as they could be fake; also since these names are between the 12th and 15th century and accounts of people from then can be difficult to obtain. Like previously mentioned, the article was missing some sources, but for the most part, it backs itself up fairly and the rest of its links work and are correct. Some of the sources that it included were primary sources and archives that hold valuable information about the tower. Nevertheless, when I look at the talk page, there are a lot of behind the scenes things that I missed, like how the article’s math on the tower’s height could be wrong, or how it had missing information as some point

Overall, though it has its hick-ups, the article provides fair insight about the Leaning Tower of Pisa, its background, and its role and influence throughout history. It has its strengths at the beginning with an effective lead and proper organization, but when looking at the detailed portions of it, the article lacks in certain areas, such as sourcing.