User:Mskittles/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Apodiformes

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I love biology, especially birds. Ever since getting to Arizona I have noticed many tiny birds within the order Apodiformes, so I thought it would be important to make sure there is relevant and factual information about them. My preliminary impression of this article is that is was well written with plenty of sources citing where the information came from and an objective view point throughout.

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.)

Lead section: For the most part, the lead section in this article is very strong. It is clear and concise, the introductory sentence describes the topic of the article, and it doesn't include any information that is not relevant to the rest of the article. As for improvements, it should mention a brief over view of the main sections that the article discusses.

Content: All of the content in the article is relevant to the Apodiformes order of birds. The information within the citations could be updated because some of it is almost 20 years old and updating this would strengthen the information.

Tone and balance: The article does a good job of taking a neutral tone which is important because the audience isn't being persuaded of something- they are simply reading objective information. Since the article discusses a scientific topic, it takes on a very formal and intellectual tone which also helps to make it objective because it lacks the emotions that might persuade someone of an idea.

Sources and references: The information in the article contains sufficient sources to back it up and check the accuracy. The sources are mostly from the early 2000's, so I think for the sake of accuracy and scientific developments made since then the information should be updated. All of the links appear to be working effectively.

Organization and writing quality: The article is very well-written because of its clear and concise nature as well as the absence of any typos or grammatical errors.

Images and media: The article contains image that portray what is being said within the article in the order in which the information appears. Each of the images has a caption containing what is it with the image source.

Talk page discussion: There does not appear to be any discussion related to this article. It does appear to be part of the WikiProject, WikiProject Birds.

Overall impressions: Overall, the article is strong due to its academic tone, content, and conciseness. Some of the sources could be updated to improve the accuracy since it was last updated, but regardless of this it is still well developed.