User:Lennonlup/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Capaneus

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article on Capaneus because his origins are in Greek Mythology which is a passion of mine. Capaneus is seen in the fourteenth canto of Dante's Inferno where he is in the seventh circle of Hell being punished for violence against God; he is also referenced in Canto 25 as being prideful against God. The wiki article is short with very little detail, leaving me with a bad preliminary impression.

Evaluate the article
The Lead Section of the wiki article on Capaneus consists of one sentence which describes his familial connections. There is no mention of who he was other than who he was related to. The information on Capaneus' family is not found in any other part of the article. The writing has no grammatical errors and does come from a neutral point of view. However, the organization of the article is difficult to comment on as there are only two sections. These two sections are Mythology and Popular Culture; the former consists of just one paragraph and the latter of two bullet points. Capaneus as a character in Dante's Inferno is mentioned in the popular culture section, though only his appearance in Canto 14 is cited, not the reference to him in Canto 25. As for media, there is one image of a Vase painted around 340 BCE which depicts Capaneus scaling the walls of Thebes. The citation for this image leads to the J. Paul Getty Museum; it is one of two citations that link to an external site. The other external reference leads to an archived site called the "Myth Index." The credibility of this Myth Index site is highly questionable as it is an archived site which can only be accessed using the WayBack Machine Internet Archive. All other references for this article lead to other Wikipedia articles.

The only comments on the talk page of the article refers to a video game player who used the name Capaneus and was in the "Hall of Fame" for certain skills. That said, links to the supposed hall of fame lead to sites which no longer exist. These comments were posted in 2006.

I have a poor overall impression of this article. It lacks detail and credible references. The article is severely underdeveloped. It would be improved by updated references for one, but also needs more detail on the myth of Capaneus and the role he played in the War of the Seven against Thebes.