User:Moss Enthusiast/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Benthic zone

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I thought it looked interesting, and it seemed like something I would be able to properly evaluate.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The opening sentence of the lead section describes the topic, and the rest of the section sums up, in general, what will be seen in the rest of the article. It is not overly long or short and does not include information not found elsewhere in the article.

Content

The content of the article is all related to the conditions of the benthic zone and the life that exists there. Most of the sources are from within the past 10 or 20 years, so it is up to date.

Tone and Balance

There is only really one main viewpoint of the article; it is just describing nature and so there are not really any controversial or opposing topics within the article.

Sources and References

The sources are up to date, although there are some sources that have the same authors as others.

Organization and Writing Quality

There are no spelling or grammatical errors in the article, and it is structured in a way that makes sense.

Images and Media

There are a few images and other graphics, although there are not that many. However, they are all clear and appropriate.

Talk Page Discussion

In the talk page, there are some people saying the article is hard to get a lot of information from, and other people state that there are certain incorrect pieces of information.

Overall Impressions

Overall, based on the talk page there is a bit more that needs to be done to get the article to a better state, but looking at the rest of the article it does a good job of explaining the topic in a clear manner.