User:Javion32/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Kibbeh

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because of its relevance to the Food in the Islamic Middle East class, and the fact that when I tried kibbeh at a restaurant a few years ago, I thought it was super delicious!

Evaluate the article
Lead section


 * The lead section defined the topic concisely and clearly. The first sentence describes exactly what it is, thought before my edits it didn't capture one key and common part of the food
 * I liked how it included some information about the geographic places that kibbeh is often eaten

Content


 * The content is relevant to the topic and up-to-date. I honestly thought that the sections written for this article were relatively comprehensive in terms of the food's methods of preparation and variations in different places. I think the one thing that is missing, and that I will hope to contribute to over the semester is a section on the origin of the food. There is a section for etymology, but that's it.

Tone and Balance


 * The article is very neutral, and I did not notice any attempts at persuasion or any fringe viewpoints being expressed. When it comes to writing the origin section, there may be more controversy, so I will avoid being biased toward either side.

Sources and References


 * The sources are not necessarily the best quality. Some of them are not from academic or peer reviewed journals. For example, several of the variations of kibbeh cite NPR or National Geographic articles, which are definitely reputable sources for gaining some information, but they are not peer reviewed. One source also "failed verification" meaning that it did not support the information it was cited to

Organization and writing quality


 * I thought the article language was clear and well-written on the whole, besides a few grammatical tweaks that I made
 * The biggest challenge I see with this article right now is the organization. The variations section is relatively large and may be able to be broken down into separate subsections

Images and media


 * The images that are provided connect well with the article and have captions with the names of the dish.
 * The images also follow the copyright regulations and are either public domain, or uploaded by editors that have permission to use the images

Talk page discussion


 * There seem to be some small arguments about origin and edits that were vague or that misrepresented the source. It is part of several wiki projects!

Overall impressions


 * I think the article is overall well written but can use some structural changes and a more robust discussion of its origin to make it further developed.