User:Labarbia/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Environmental science
 * Our Deep Sea Biology course is predicated upon the conditions of the environment surrounding the deep sea. The science and changes in the environment heavily affect the status of the ocean, specifically in our case the deep sea.

Lead evaluation
The Lead includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the contents of environmental science. The Lead encompasses the many disciplines of environmental science, briefly covering the many facets that will be discussed in the article. The Lead only contains information that is present in the article. The Lead is concise and not overly detailed.

Content evaluation
The article content is all completely relevant to the topic and is completely up-to-date. All of the content belongs and there is nothing missing

Tone and Balance evaluation

 * Guiding questions

The article is neutral, favoring no particular side. Even when talking about the implementation of policy change with NEPA in an effort to improve environmental effects, the article remained neutral. The article does not attempt to favor any side in particular.

Sources and References evaluation
The facts in the article are backed up with reliable secondary source of information, all independently sourced and significantly covered.The facts are current and thorough in the manner that they support the article. The links are properly made and link to their corresponding article page.

Organization evaluation
The article is concise, clear, and easy to read. I could not find any grammatical or spelling errors. The article is very well-organized, broken down into about atmospheric sciences, ecology, environmental chemistry, and geosciences.

Images and Media evaluation
The article includes some images to demonstrate different aspects of environmental science as a whole.The images are well captioned and adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. The images are also laid out in a visually appealing way


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page evaluation
Some editors believed that some of the content needed supplementation to be more focused on environmental science. This article is C-class rated by WikiProject Technology & Environment. The way Wikipedia discusses the topic is not as concentrated on the deep sea as we talk about it in class. Wikipedia discusses topics in an effort to cover all information a little bit while in class we go much more in-depth.

Overall evaluation
I believe the article covers a lot of information in a concise way. While the article could cover some information in a more thorough manner, the information given is sufficient enough to possess its own page. The article is well developed and visually appealing in its lay out.

One question: Why is the regulations surrounding environmental science an important enough topic for its own section?

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