User:Houstontonorman/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The Bible and homosexuality

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate an article entitled, "The Bible and Homosexuality." I chose this article because it pertains closely to our class material, and I was interested in learning and viewing other perspectives on the topic. Through this article, I was able to click hyperlinks to take me to other pages to learn more about specifics within the article.

Evaluate the article
The article begins with an introductory sentence that gives a brief description of what will be covered in the article. The lead includes a brief description of the article's major sections. The lead is concise, but gives plenty of information about what will be in the article, without having any information that is not present in the article.

The content of the article is relevant to the topic. The content seems to be up-to-date. There is no identifiable content that does not belong. The article does address topics related to historically underrepresented populations (homosexual individuals).

The article appears to be neutral. There are not many claims that appear bias. The viewpoints throughout the article are consistent and appear to be represented well, and accurately described. I do not believe that the article attempts to persuade readers of homosexuality in the Bible, but the article is very thought provoking.

All facts in the article are backed up. The sources used in the article give plenty of background and information when needed. The sources do appear current, but I think there could be a few more added to enhance the article further. The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors with different backgrounds. I believe that there could be better sources added to the article. The links all work.

The article is well written without any grammatical or spelling errors. It appears to be well organized throughout.

The article contains a few images that provide context to the article. The images are all captioned well. The images do adhere to the Wikipedia guidelines. The images are laid out well.

There are only two comments on the Talk page. They discuss information that should be added to one of the sections, as well as an individual discussing justice for Christian LGBTQ+ individuals. The article is part of 7 WikiProjects. I think this article discusses homosexuality in the Bible pretty similarly as to how we discuss it in class. There are more stories from the Bible that we have not discussed, so I was provided with more context and learned more about the topic.

The article seems to have been edited recently, showing that the status of the article is active. The article's strengths would include that it is written well, gives a lot of context and contains many links to other sources for readers to get more information. I don't think there are any weaknesses. This article is well developed.

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