User:Mc tullochgorm/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link) The Highland Games.

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 because I was interested in the Highland Games, and the activities that it entails.

The article is valuable to many, since Highland games are practiced worldwide and so many people come to gather and take part in the activities.

My impression on this wikipedia page was fair. I expected it to be more focused on Scotland specifically but to my suprise, it focused on other aspects of the Highland games across the globe. My eyes went straight to the images which showed some games, but also some scenes of some Highland games in Alberta, which I thought was interesting.

Evaluate the article
This article seems fairly legitimate. A lot of the sources are fairly reliable and mostly accurate but I do see a couple of problems with the article itself. One thing I found popped out at me while scrolling through the article was the fact that there were a lot of [citation needed] links and it seems as if someone had just freehand written the information straight out of their head. Another thing was the focus on which highland games were the largest and this seemed to take away from the article a bit. I would've expected the article top focus on the importance of each activity more than focusing on ranking how superior each Highland games is around the globe. Something else I wanted to point out was the fact that most of the sources were just links to websites for the Highland games of each place. Although these are good sources, they could be a little biased about the own communities highland games. One other thing to mention is the use of tartanism in the images, it was as if almost everyone was performing and fewer people were just there to watch the event. I'm glad to see so many sources for this article, it helps broaden the viewpoints.

Overall I thought this article was decent but I would take caution with all the non referenced information.

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