User:Isabellafiedor/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Saudi Arabia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(I chose this article because I am currently studying Saudi Arabia a lot for a different course, and some topics are difficult. I thought I might check simple wikipedia this time. My first impression is that it actually contains a lot of information, and the writers have used a lot of different information sources.)

Evaluate the article
(Lead section: gives the basic information: the name of the country, the largeness, geography etc, the things that are always included also in a normal wikipedia lead section, so in my opinion this lead is great.

Content: I think this article gives a great brief summery of the most important things that should be included in a wikipedia page: history, simple facts, geography, politics etc.

Tone and balance: If I look at the references, I can notice a lack of 'serious' references, most of the references are news articles (that are biased) or just online links. I think this wikipedia article could use more academical background, if it would have to be expanded in the future.

Organisation and writing quality: the text looks a little messy to me, especially the first paragraph, there are many spaces between paragraphs which makes it a bit uneasy to read. The rest of the article is ordered better.

Images: The images of the page are very relevant for the topic.

Overall impression: I think this is a great simple wikipedia, which could definitely be expanded and worked upon though. )