User:Kait.Snow/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mammal

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because I'm interested in mammals and majoring in Zoology. I decided to pick an article that was on a more general topic but still correlated with my interest. I thought picking an article with a variety of information on it would be easier for this exercise since I'm new to evaluating articles. The article was very straightforward and easy to follow which was another reason why I picked it.

Evaluate the article
Very nice article! The start of the article gave a good overview of what mammals are and some background information as well. It went straight to the point by defining what characterizes some mammals, and it went further into the classification of mammals. There are a variety of diagrams and images imbedded into the article that make it easier to follow along, and these also help to summarize the main information. I found this useful as there are a lot of different topics. The information provided is nicely organized and is presented in a neutral manner that simply helps to inform readers about the information. It talks more about general findings and information about different groups of mammals as well as their anatomy and function, rather than being biased towards something. There are many useful links in the article which help readers further navigate into different topics, as this article covers a lot of different information, so I found these links very useful. The sources are also very diverse. The talk page for this article says that this article is apart of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, and it also included some discussion about whether or not mammals can talk which I found very interesting. Overall, I found this article to be nicely composed, and also thought it provided a good overview about a very large topic.