User:Khladky/Evaluate an Article

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Pancake breakfast - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate because I am very interested in learning about breakfast foods and how they differ based on culture, location, and religion. I specifically chose an article on pancakes because pancakes are a breakfast food that differs based on region. It seems every country has their own take on pancakes and has history on what created their specific pancake breakfast. This article only discusses pancake breakfast in Western Canada and the traditions of that region which is very interesting.

Evaluate the article
The lead section for this article was very concise and gave details on the important aspects of the article. It introduces you to what a pancake breakfast is and discusses the religious meaning behind the pancake breakfast. It briefly discusses pancake breakfasts overall and then narrows the article down to the pancake breakfast tradition in Western Canada. This shows the article will specifically be about the tradition in one region and will not cover other areas.

The content of the article is very clear and detailed. It starts with where the tradition originated from and gives a brief background of events that led to it. The article then dives into what the tradition has become today and how it has grown. This follows a clear timeline and makes the article easy to follow. It is very clear why this tradition started, who participates, why it is important to society, and what the tradition looks like today. The content is also up to date and is informing readers on what happens in present day.

Since the article is not a controversial topic, the tone is very balanced and is simply informative. There is no biased in the article, it is just giving information on the specific event and tradition and where it originated from. There are no other viewpoints listed and the writer's opinion of this is not stated in the article which allows readers to form their own opinions on this tradition.

This article lists many valid references that are clearly related to the topics discussed. The sources are current and up to date with the traditions seen today. The links work and lead directly to the sites used making it very accessible for readers. It also links other topics related to the pancake breakfast tradition. The images seen in this article are also related to the topic and do not draw the mind away from what is being discussed. They clearly fit into what the writer is discussing in each section. They also contain captions to help understand what the picture is.

This article is organized very well overall. It introduces the main points of the article and then follows a clear timeline throughout. Everything flows well and each topic that is introduced is clearly and concisely discussed, leaving out any unnecessary information. The talk page for this article did not contain any conversation from other authors it only contained links to other articles about breakfast foods which is a relevant article.

Overall, the article was very interesting and easy to follow along. It gave details that were all relevant to the topic and one of the strengths of this article is the order the information was presented in. It also stayed on topic the throughout the entire article. This article could be improved by changing the title to not just be 'Pancake Breakfast' which could be misleading because the article only discusses one pancake breakfast tradition in Western Canada not the overall tradition. The article felt very complete and did not leave anything out about the pancake breakfast tradition in Western Canada.