User:Mitchlingg/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Economic history - Wikipedia

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 economics are obviously something very important is this world and I'm curious to what it has to say. It matters because the history of economics take part of the past which affect us now, to look back on these things and evaluate them can help us as citizens in todays world. My impression of it is good, Without reading into depth It shows the past of economics and the present which is the comparison I want to see.

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.)

The lead to this article is short and to the point. Not overly detailed, just the basics of economics for someone who knows or doesn't know what economics are or about. The content in this article is definitely a lot but that's because there is a lot that goes into economics especially when looking at the very start of its history. The tone and balance of this article is well divided, as straight forward as it can get from then to now. Not persuasive just stating the facts. There is beyond enough sources and references to connect the article too, with a wide diversity of many contents. Although it seems as jamming all history into one article wouldn't work out, there is definitely a wide grip that you can get ahold of while doing your research. A lot of names and locations from the early history is a lot to take in while trying to find the main points but it all plays a role to where we are today. The images on the article do connect with the text however, I don't think they really serve a big role in enhancing the information you take in. Behind the scenes in the talk page, it seems pretty straight forward. People talk about their ideas and thoughts whether they think something should be in the article or not, they also just bounce ideas and revisions off each other which can be useful to put what's best out there. In my opinion, being I have no clue about the history of economics I think that this article is reliable, with much detail, people have taken their time to put together an overall useful source.