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'Article Evaluation Wikipedia features are very informative article on the academic discipline of philology. Philology is defined as "the scholarly study and interpretation of ancient Greek and Latin languages and literature." The Wikipedia article on philology describes the etymology of philology, the various branches of this academic discipline, and how philology has been featured in popular culture. For the most part, all information featured in this article is neutral and relevant. The one exception regarding the relevance of this article is the section about popular culture. This is irrelevant because it breaks with the preeminently historical analyses of philology rendered in the article.

Furthermore, although the information rendered in this article is primarily historical, there are seldom instances of outdated information. The only area in which this could be improved is in the description of philology's etymology: the history of this discipline ends after the 1980s. A description of the contemporary etymology of philology would be more current and up-to-date.

Additional improvements that could be made to this article include talking more about the idiosyncrasies of philology when contrasting it with the discipline of linguistics. Moreover, the descriptions of the various branches of philology (comparative, textual, cognitive , and decipherment) are unequal in length, with comparative philology and cognitive philology being underrepresented.

Regarding the sources of this article, the links all function properly. Additionally, the citations all emanate from scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed academic journals and scholarly books. All sources are cited correctly and no bias among the sources was detected. One improvement to be made in regards to sources is to refrain from citing diction or individual word choices; the author did this with the word "philology."

On the talk page of this article, the main conversation transpiring is in deliberation over the contemporary relevance of philology as an academic discipline. One user claimed that article should be changed from one about philology to one about linguistics. This user, however, was largely at odds with a larger group of users who supported the philology article. This article was rated as C-class and has been a part of WikiProjects.

Great job! Make sure in the future that you sign your post with four tildes or click on the icon below.Cassell04 (talk) 00:53, 10 September 2018 (UTC)