User:Maddie Novakovski/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Geology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article for evaluation because we were instructed to pick an article that is related to our course material. I couldn't think of a better term than "geology" to search on Wikipedia for GLGY 209 - Introduction To Geology. Once I began reading the article I began to understand that geology deals with more than just different rocks, that look different. This is what I initially thought geology was about when I signed up for this course. I was surprised to learn that geology covers more mediums than just rocks, that it also involves how the earth has changed, and how it continues to change.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

I believe that this article has a strong lead section. The author(s) clearly define what the study of geology is, and how geologists study within the given field of geology. The lead section also provides structure for the major sections later in the article. This article seems neutral and doesn't present any blatant forms of bias. This article should definitely be reviewed edited using up to date information, as many of the sources identified in the reference list are older than the year 2000. The few links I did click on did appear to work, so that is another positive. When checking some of these links I was redirected to some websites, and based on previous research I could see that they had come from scholarly peer reviewed journals, another positive. I did find some of the information hard to follow, so some edits to sentence structure, and overall organization would be beneficial to the articles overall flow. The images provided do enhance the understanding of the topics presented.