User:Lilianavanzutphen/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Climate of Asia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate because the topic of climate is very interesting to me, especially when looking at different parts of the world. I chose Asia because it is along the lines, geographically, of where I will be researching and thought a little background of the ecosystem would help to expand my knowledge of this part of the world.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The very first sentence has useful information, but is a little confusing grammar wise and should be fixed (grammatically incorrect). There is a lot of interesting, useful and relevant information in the leading section, but it is very scattered and not very organized. It is a bit random and doesn't clearly define the topic, but rather spews fun facts about different parts of Asia. It does, although, introduce the different subsections and give brief descriptions.

Content: I think the content covered the major points of climate in Asia. It focuses on the major weather patterns evident in the continent and explains the role geography plays. It is well rounded content-wise, although maybe could be more clear and specific when addressing all of the different regions.

Tone and Balance: There is a lot of information about climate change which is a relevant topic when discussing climate, but maybe it deserved its own section instead of randomly appearing in different sub articles. It is brought up a lot in various places, and although it's not swaying from one side or the other biases wise, but it may require more sources to allow it to be it's one scientific fact rather than an idea that is accepted by some and denied by some.

Sources and References: All the facts in the article are backed up by references and are somewhat current. Maybe a couple more recent scientific articles could be added to keep the information up to date, especially when involving climate change.

Organization and Writing Quality: The organization was decent throughout the article, the subheadings helped. Although sometimes straying off topic, the author did a good job giving background information- especially with the monsoons. Could be better with definitions, as it seems the author just dove into random specifics about the topic. The writing style could be improved with better transitions and intros.

Images and Media: The images are good, if anything just a few pictures could be added that display the regions. There are good graphs that show weather patterns that are a bit confusing when just reading about them, which is helpful.

Talk Page Discussion: There is little to the talk page discussion, but three people have added an overall of four links tp update outdated information, for example small facts like the highest temperature.

Overall Impressions: The article seems a bit short ,with only three sections, to describe all of the climate of Asia, but does a good job focusing in detail for the main weather patterns. There could be updates added to lengthen the article and make it more updated, which would make it seem a bit more complete.