User:Kvchikka/Siane/Kvchikka Peer Review

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 * Siane language
 * Siane language

Evaluate the drafted changes
The article, Siane language, is a summary of information on the Siane language, and not much else. The introductory sentence introduces the language concisely, by stating Siane's language family and the region of the world it is spoken in. The leading part of the article does not include any of the sections of the article, and does not include any information not present in the article. The lead is under-detailed as it consists of one sentence.

The article is sparse on content. The content is all related to the article, but only consists of the language's dialects and a statement about its tonal system. A lot of potential content is missing, such as more information on research done on the language, its status and endangerment level of becoming extinct, and other information that would make the article feel more complete and less unfinished. The article does not address equity gaps faced by the population the language is spoken by, yet the speakers could be seen as an underrepresented population due to them living in a remote part of the world. Due to the small amount of content in the article, it comes off as neutral and no opinions are stated. All of the content included is stated as unbiased facts and there is no clear bias towards on opinion or another relating to the Siane language. The content is easy to follow, has no grammatical errors, and organized well. The table on the right of the article provides a great summary of facts about the language, and links to other articles making it more discoverable and encouraging the reader to traverse Wikipedia.

There are two sources for the article, which I believe is not a sufficient amount. I cannot access one link to an Ethnologue article on Siane, as I am redirected to a page asking me to purchase a subscription. The other link does not link to a source but rather a page on the information about the article "Siane tone orthography" by Ramona Lucht. I cannot access either source and therefore cannot properly judge either source. I believe the authors should include other sources, as from a fifteen-minute search on google I have already found several credible sources on the Siane language including:

The Siane Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea by Richard F. Salisbury, at https://www.jstor.org/stable/40450451?seq=1

Embedding and Coordinating Transforms in Siane by Dorothy J. James at http://sealang.net/archives/pl/pdf/PL-C13.1095.pdf

Tonal Diversity in Languages of Papua New Guinea by Michael Cahill at https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/11/10/01/111001400370819501514438364076792380756/silewp2011_008.pdf

The authors should include more sources, as many are available online and many are recent sources written by credible researchers.

The article does not include any images.

I cannot verify if the article meets Wikipedia's notability rules. There are two sources, and I do not believe this is exhaustive enough and I cannot verify if the sources accurately represent the topic. The article follows the pattern of other language pages on Wikipedia by including a summarizing table of facts on the language, like other language pages on Wikipedia. The article links to other articles making it more discoverable.

In summary, the article is incomplete and needs to include more content on the language. I suggest the article be broken down into sections that give an overview of the linguistic aspects of the language (such as its tonal system, patterns of nouns or verbs, etc.), a section that includes the ethnic group and region that speak the language, and a section that includes the status of endangerment of the language. I suggest including more sources to give the article credibility. I also suggest formatting the existing sources to be in APA format.