User:Kth12/Evaluate an Article

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Doge's Palace

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article to evaluate because I wanted to find an article that relates to Venetian art, and we just learned about the Palazzo Ducale in class. This article matters because it is about one of the major landmarks of Venice. My preliminary impression was that it was divided into two major sections: Description and Influences, and according to the message at the top, didn't have enough sources.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section: I think that this section does a good job of briefly introducing the Palazzo Ducale to the reader, as it identifies important details such as who it was built for, when it was built, and where it's located.

Content/tone: In general, the content of this article seems to relate directly to the palace itself, in a neutral point of view. It goes into detail about the various rooms of the palace and what their functions were. I didn't seem to find anything mentioning how the palace's design blended architectural styles. Byzantine inspiration is mentioned, but nothing about the Arab and Muslim styles that Venice learned about through trade.

Sources: As the template message states, there are very few sources cited within the article itself. There are primary and general sources listed at the bottom, but the bulk of the article does not have any individual citations. Of the few in-text citations that do exist, some of them don't lead to scholarly/academic publications and instead use links like travel sites. According to the message, this has been an issue for this article since 2012.

Organization: I think the way this article is divided works, and is easy to read. The longest section, Description, is further divided into individual sections of the palace, and bullet pointed for large areas such as the Doge's apartments.

Images: The images chosen are very high quality and effectively show the reader the palace from exterior and interior views. The placement is visually appealing, save for the bottom of the page where there are a few pictures put in next to the references that feels a bit random.

Talk page: This article is rated C-class. It seems like there hasn't been any discussion about this article since 2014. The only lengthy discussion was a debate over whether the article should be called "Doge's Palace, Venice", or just "Doge's Palace" (since there is another Doge's Palace in Genoa), and the latter option won.

Overall, even though the article for this historical monument has a great deal of information and history in it, there is a major lack of citations to back up that information. It is ranked C-class and a level-5 vital article in Art. The pictures are all high quality.