User:Indiginkgo/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Magnolia grandiflora

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Magnolias are a nostalgic plant for me; but beyond this, I chose this article because it is a C-class article that is related to my class research.

Evaluate the article
(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.)

Lead Section - this portion of the article is a good overview of basic information about the Magnolia grandiflora, without being excessive, and is instead concise. Content - for the most part this article is well balanced. However, it does include a very large section of the Magnolia grandiflora's presence and history in the U.S., as compared to the much smaller portion of the ecology behind it.

Tone and Balance - the writing used is neutral, and there is no attempt to present a side. It is hard to convey a bias for or against a plant, and this article has no problems staying away from it.

Sources and References - there is a very well established references section, referencing several encyclopedias. The links work and the article references accurate websites and plant databases. In particular there are many references used in the presentation of different varieties of magnolia. There may be some conflict here, with the use of several references to piece together information that should be able to be found in one.

Images and Media - the images used in the article are all captioned well, laid out in a pleasing format, and are cited correctly.

Talk page discussion - there was a conversation about a change in a particular sentence where there was some disagreement - some stemmed from personal experience/witnessing, while others was backed up by general knowledge. It is a part of the United States: Mississippi, Alabama, Plants, and Horticulture and Gardening WikiProjects.

Overall Impressions - I believe this article is thorough, yet it may have some irrelevant content, specifically in the tree's history sections.