User:Ikswokyzsok/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ptilium crista-castrensis

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The article that I chose to evaluate was written about Ptilium crista-castrensis which is a type of moss species. I chose this article to evaluate as I am looking at using it as a potential topic for our biology homework assignment. This article matters be cause it fits the criteria of discussing a plant type that we find interesting, as well as having a personal interest in moss from being surrounded by it growing up. My first impression of the article was that it was very brief and seemed to be lacking information.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article does a good job of describing what plant organism is being looked at and how it resides within the species family type, class, subclass and order. I think the lead section is lacking detail of describing what is discussed but I believe that is a byproduct of the article overall being short and not having a lot of information. The little content that is found in the article is relevant and up to date, but there is not a lot of information given about the article outside of an example of where the species can occur. The overall tone of the article is neutral and there are not any claims or facts that appear biased. The two sources that are given from the article paper to be reliable and from diverse sources, however since there are only two listed sources it is hard to compare. The media for this article includes one picture, however I don't think it really encompasses the visual features of the plant. This page also does not have any discussions started on its talk page, so there is not any information to obtain from that aspect. Overall my impression of the article is that it includes very little information and doesn't really explain much about the plant species. (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.)