User:Kuriffin/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Endangered species

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose endangered species because the problem involved in this topic is very urgent. Among the many anomalies that can occur when the natural environment faces impacts, species extinction is irreversible. I was interested in the current situation of endangered species and the academic definition of the term, and chose the topic.

Lead section
The article contains a clear introduction that defines endangered species and provides an overview of the world's endangered species situation.

Content
The content of the article could be more relevant to the topic. The influencing factors habitat loss and poaching mentioned in the introduction that lead to species endangerment are not further mentioned in the follow-up.

Tone and Balance
The article only covers three countries for regional endangered species and lacks content for endangered species in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Oceania, South America, and Africa. The article lacks neutrality and focuses on endangered species in the United States.

Sources and References
The article references a sufficient number of sources and authorities.

Orgnization and Writing quality
The article is easy to understand in the conceptual part, but lacks an in-depth overview. The descriptions are slightly complicated in sections that are not very relevant to the topic such as the US section.

Image and Media
The article's gallery section listing examples of endangered species is irregularly laid out, while many images are scattered within the scope of other sections of the article. Some examples in the gallery are accompanied by descriptions and some are not. No reasons are given in the gallery for why species not listed are not mentioned.

Talk page discussion
Article is graded at 4 levels. The discussion page has many discussions about the content or formatting of the article. The discussions here are more focused on sources of information as well as logic than the classroom discussions.

Overall impression
Overall, the article provides a good description of the endangered species. The advantage of the article is that it references many sources and data making the section on classification of endangered organisms detailed. The weaknesses are the lack of information on the expansion of the specificity of the different regions of the endangered species, and the layout of the pages could be improved.