User:Mysterywyky/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(William Arthur Johnson)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(I found Amateur Scientists category and chose a name at random due to it being similar enough to be interesting and different enough to be a place to learn something.)

Evaluate the article

 * Does the lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes it gives a short blurb about the man in question.
 * Does the lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Kind of, it needs more info at the beginning to show significance
 * Is the lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * Too concise, actually. A little more background would be great.


 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Maybe some content missing but the scientist is from the 1800s so.


 * Is the article neutral?
 * It seems to be, yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * No, the article is mostly if not purely factual.
 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * There are some factual statements made without a citation.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes, they work.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * I found a grammatical mistake "Johnson moved in Upper Canada in 1835"
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is a stub page, and is part of Science and Academia as well as Canada wikiproject pages.
 * What is the article's overall status?
 * It is definitely a work in progress and needs some further revision and plenty more citations to be credible.
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * The biography section is fairly detailed despite having enough citations, once the citations are in there it would be a good start that others could add to.


 * How can the article be improved?
 * Definitely more citations from more reputable sources, although it is probably hard to find those for things from the 1800s. You can also kind of tell the bio was written by just one person, maybe a few. It could definitely be more comprehensive.