User:Iroy00/Evaluate an Article

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Talk:John of Islay, Earl of Ross

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am a Scottish citizen and my "clan" is Ross so I was very interested in what this was about and any information it could enlighten me with.

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Lead Section: The lead section starts pretty well in my view however there seems to be no introduction about his marriage or spouse in the introduction however a few sections down there is a whole section about his marriage and wife. It is however brief and concise explaining his life in a quick easy to digest manner

Content: The content seems focused on John of Islay however in one section of the wiki the Ardtornish and Westminster it seems to go into much more detail than any other topic and is almost twice as long as all of the other sections. It seems to focus on minute details that may well be interesting if reading a book about him but seem to be wasted space when trying to get the overall concept and life of him.

Tone and Balance: The overall balance of the article is very good besides again the section titled Ardtornish and Westminster. It seems to me that it reads like a story instead of an encyclopedia of facts. The starting sentence is "So far John" which is implying that you are talking for him and not just telling the facts about him and trying to persuade readers of a certain viewpoint.

Sources and References: This is a strong suit of the article, all the links work and take you to high-quality sources including government websites, books, history and other resources. They also seem to have a mix of newer and older references which shows constant upkeep of new information.

Images and Media: With only three pictures on the entire article it seems that this may be lacking, however the images that it does have are well cited and well laid out in the right section adding detail that is nice to see.

Talk page discussion: The talk page seemed to have good back and forth between multiple authors and there was a good mix of changes that could be made with also an explanation as to why to not make certain changes. It is part of the wikiproject and is of mid-importance which would be an explanation as to why the last edit was made in 2010.

Overall: The overall view of this article is that it does detail John's life pretty well, it gives all the information that one may want as well as major life events that happened in his life. However, the story like reading of some sections seems to take away from the nature of the article and make it seem like it is biased which is not what we want in a Wiki, I think there needs to be some reworking and rewording of how things are explained to the reader in a more factual manner over a story manner. I also think there could be trimming of the extra "fluff" that is not needed and focusing solely on the major life events as well as increasing the amount of information on him would be nice as well.

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