User:Ian.c.witter/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Admiralty law

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it seems to relate to what the class is on. It is important because it gives a brief history of maritime law.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: It has a clear and concise opening sentence that describes the topic. It lacks an overview of the major sections. It doesn't contain information that isn't covered in the article and it is concise.

Content: The content is relevant to the topic as well as being up to date. However the content fails to cover the history of maritime law from any non-Western perspective.

Tone and Balance: It has a neutral tone and presents the information in a way that doesn't seem to be convincing one of a specific viewpoint. However the lack of non-Western prespectives could lead to a bias towards western maritime law.

Sources and References: The sources come from a fairly wide range of authors and locations. They generally seem to be from authoritative locations that are peer-reviewed and written by professionals. The links seemed to work.

Organization and Writing Quality: The article is well-written and flows in a way that makes it easy to read through. There are no blatant grammar mistakes.

Images and Media: There are no images in this article.

Talk Page Discussion: There is a decent amount of older discussion regarding proper sourcing and the need for more content. It is rated as a C-class, but also a level 5 vital article. It is part of three wiki projects; Law, Transport/Maritime, International Relations/Law.

Overall Impressions: The article is okay. It has a strong western history and gives a good introduction into maritime law and some schools that offer degrees in it. However it lacks a global view of the issue. If more history from non-Western countries and even how non-Western countries view maritime law this would be an excellent article. It is well-developed, but lacks completeness.