User:Margcamkey/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Arctic ecology

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.)

Arctic ecology is especially important in today's world as it has and will be heavily effected by climate change. Spreading correct information about arctic ecology is important so people can learn about how this complex ecosystem works and why it is so important to conserve.

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.)

Here, I believe the lead section could have included a greater overview of what this article is going to cover. This article goes in depth on the arctic's history and climate change; however, this is not reflected in the beginning of this page. I do believe the content of this article is very well informed. They link and explain important topics and make sure to include a variety of different viewpoints. I believe that this article has a balanced viewpoint. As long as it is agreed that climate change is a real phenomenon, this article provides a balanced viewpoint. This article also uses reliable sources and links confusing topics throughout. I also believe the article has high writing quality and is well organized. However, I wish that the history and climate change section was brought up earlier in the article. Without reading the whole article, the reader would not know that the author would be talking about these subjects. I like the images and believe they are well captioned, but I do wish there were more of them, especially when the author is explaining Bergmann's rule. Overall, I believe this is a well thought out and well researched article.