User:Mads1978/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Memot District

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is the location of the site that I will be making a page after, and it provides very basic information about the site, location and history/administration.

Evaluate the article
- The lead section is clear and concise, and also includes a table of contents that details what the rest of the page includes. It is very basic, as is the rest of the page, as it appears there just isnt much information that was researched.

- The content is relevant and also concisely worded. It focuses mostly on the Memot Earthworks, the most famous archaeological site in this area, so it makes sense that the content would be limited to this. It also goes into detail about the location and how it relates to its neighbor, Vietnam. This is somewhat misleading, however, as it provides a lot of information of how close it is- it almost makes it seem like the site is located basically in Vietnam. I am unsure about why the exact routs to this area is detailed. The information, according to the edit history, is recently updated. Im just wondering what else could be included, what else is missing from this area. It also includes the sex ratio of the area, showing that there should be a representation of women or things related to that, but there is not.

- The tone and balance is very regular, it doestn appear to have bias or anything based on the information provided. It is very basic and factual, so it doesnt leave room for opinions.

- This page has 10 external references, which is not a lot considering all the information they have that requires direct proof of where they got it. There are a lot of internal, wiki links that all seem to work, but some of those pages themselves dont have any references. I am not sure if this is purposeful or if there is just a lack of information/resources to source. Still, there should be some sources, but there are not. The sources included seem to be written in the last 10 years, which is technically recent considering how often census records are taken. I am not sure if they are written by diverse amounts of people, however, as it seems like is is mostly governmental resources (census records). It is also part of the WikiProject for Cambodia, so there is intentional effort to bring multiple voices into the mix, but there just isnt many voices. This page obviously needs to be updated with more information.

- Its easy to read, but includes lots of names of places and measurements that tend to bog down the description and that can be separate to different sentences. . There is only 1 image of the location in the country of Cambodia, and it is placed on the top right corner of the page, easy to see and reference. The talk page is not advanced, and the history shows that it hasent been altered very much since its creation, except for some external link fixes. The creation of the page under the WikiProject for Cambodia can be seen as well, there just isnt much information. This shows that there can for sure be more effort towards changing and updating it.

- This article is severely underdeveloped, which is encouraging as it leaves lots of room for more information. I hope to add more details and understanding to this area and the Cambodia project. Despite that, it remains a good starting point and provides important information!