User:Mhelenap/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Frank Lloyd Wright

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose Wright's article because he is a current topic of whom we are discussing about in class. At first glance, this article seems to be very written and very informative.

Evaluate the article
LEAD SECTION:

- this section includes a lead sentence that summarized who Frank Lloyd Wright is as a designer. The following paragraphs includes a brief overview of his life and accomplishments. There is a bit of a bias tones to the lead section where it quotes his as "best all time American architecture" and "the greatest American architect of all time"; although this are not the editors own words choosing to add that in the lead section seems a bit biased.

CONTENT:

-The overall content of the article touches on various different aspect of Wright's life. It talks about his life within the professional craft and achievements as well as his personal life.

TONE AND BALANCE:

-The overall tone is from a very neutral point of view, there doesn't seem to be a lot of bias. Everything is written in a matter of fact way, however, one thing I did notice a lot was a lot of unnecessary quotations. The only time where I felt the article was trying to persuade the reader was in the lead introduction section because there were two quotes introducing him as one of the best architects,

SOURCES AND REFERENCES:

-most of the sources are relatively recent, 2000 onward, there are a few from the 1980s but those are sit reliable ones from books.

- the majority of the links seemed to work but I did find a few that didn't lead me to any page.

- over all the sources seem reliable and used accordingly throughout the article. There were never instances where there were missing citations.

ORGANIZATION AND READING QUALITY

- this article has a lot packed into it but it is clearly and easily written. Everything is written in a way that is simple and everyone will understand. As mention before, there is a lot of information given about Wright but the way it is divided into different sections and sub-sections makes it easy to find exactly what one might be looking for. I personally didn't find any grammar errors.

IMAGES AND MEDIA:

The images used are high quality images that all contribute to the article. None of them seem randomly added or out of place.

TALK PAGES:

-From my understanding of the talk pages, this articles has had discussion and contribution. The main topic, I noticed, was if his birthdate was correct. That issue seems have been fixed.

-The article is part of a Wiki Project, and is rated C-Class.

OVERALL:

Overall, I think that this article had a good structure for basic information on Wright. And seems to have good references and a good amount of references. I would keep checking for bias in the article and possibly try to not focus too much on his personal life, although it is part of who is overall, I feel it doesn't need too much attention compared to his craft.