User:Lancelotsdaughter/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Thecla

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Thecla was a topic from our week 3 modules notes. It directly relates to the teachings of this course. From opening this Wikipedia article, my first impression of it was of how lengthy each paragraph seemed and how it could have information that does not pertain to the topic at hand.

Evaluate the article
Very clear introduction.

Does not have a paragraph introducing major sections. it jumps right in.

The lead doesn't have unnecessary information.

Lead is concise.

Content is relevant and up to date.

If you are wanting to read a full blown biography of life to death and even after death, this has it. If you want a brief summary, then information in this is not relevant.

It speaks of the history of Thecla and her martydom.

Article is neutral.

There are not heavily biased claims.

Minority claims are spoken of as Thecla, being a woman, underwent hardships of womanhood around men in this time.

The article is not bias.

The references and bibliography is extensive. It appears all the sources are backed.

The sources are diverse, thorough, and current it seems from what I have checked.

The links work and all seem to be reliable sources.

The article is in chronological order of life, death, and after death. It speaks of burials, movements and patronage.

Seems to be grammatically correct.

The sections are clearly laid out.

The images are well-captioned and are relevant to what is being talked about next to it.

When speaking of the burials, it is very convenient to see the pictures next to them.

They are appealing.

The editor reviewed her edit on the Talk page of this article. They reviewed exactly what they had changed.

It is of interest of five WikiProjects.

This topic speaks in almost more extreme detail than in class.

All of the WikiProjects it is of interest to are ranked C-class.

The article portrays vast detail of Thecla's life.

The article, by Wikipedia, is of need for more resources, which is labeled at the top of the article.

It is well-developed. It just seems to be flagged by the website itself to need more sources, even though it has many, many sources linked to the bottom.

Seems to be Seems to be grammatically correct