User:Morgan.b18/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Arctic ecology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I am interested in topics relating to arctic environments and I enjoy learning as much new information as I can.

Evaluate the article
This is an article on a topic I am very interested in. It is a part of the WikiProject Arctic is a C-class article. It is lacking in a few areas and hopefully the following areas can be improved.

The lead section is mostly well written, however it should contain a brief description of the major sections of the article. While the article is relatively neutral, the author has drawn many of their own conclusions, and has not mentioned if any of the viewpoints presented are fringe or not. Overall the article is well written however there are a few awkward sentences that should be reviewed.

The article is seriously lacking in-text citations. It is recommended that each paragraph should have at least one, and only 13 are listed. Many facts are stated without sources, or incorrectly sourced. 4 of these sources are from the same author, showing little variation. The most recent cited source is from 2014; finding more recent peer reviewed articles as sources, as well as possibly finding articles written by a native inhabitant of the region (i.e. an Inuk author) would help improve the article. The two images used are properly sourced but more images could be added to other sections such as "Biomes".

This is a very interesting topic and with some improvements has good potential for becoming a great article.