User:Kaligibbons/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Common cuttlefish

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose it because it's relevant to our class, Invertebrate Zoology. Additionally, I'm interested in Cephalopods specifically, and I think that cuttlefish are kind of cute and really underrated. My initial impression was that the article is definitely short and might be lacking some information. However, being short could also mean it's just very direct and straight to the point, which is not a bad thing.

Evaluate the article
The lead is concise and very direct; however, it does appear to both be lacking mentions of the categories discussed in the rest of the article and includes topics not discussed further in the rest of the article. The first sentence is great and provides a short description of the animal.

The content is definitely all relevant to the topic of the article, but I would add some information about the location/living conditions of the species, since it's mentioned in the lead section and not included beyond that. Some sections (such as Diet) could maybe be elaborated on further, if there is more information to share. As far as I know the information is up to date and correct.

Tone is great - everything is kept unbiased, neutral, and factual throughout.

The sources and references all appear to be credible and viable sources of information. The links work, and they come from trustworthy locations (ie: scientific journals).

The article is written well and not too detailed. I do think it might benefit from having the sections re-organized, since right now it feels like it's jumping around a lot.

The images and captions included are helpful and relevant, but they could probably be placed better to avoid any reader confusion. Some of them cause awkward breaks in the paragraphs making the page looked cluttered and unorganized.

There are three different conversations happening in the talk page, including; a request for the inclusion of medicinal uses, it's use a model organism, and a recommendation regarding the ordering of large fish in the predator section. The article is C-Class and within the scope of the WikiProject Cephalopods. We actually haven't talked about Cephalopods yet in class, but I imagine that we'll learn more detail about them overall and focus on the importance of them in an environment.

Overall, the article is ranked as a C-class, which I think makes sense since it feels a litter underdeveloped. The article does a great job at keeping a neutral tone and providing only factual information that is supported by sources; however, it could use some reorganization and is missing some information that is discussed in the lead section.