User:Naz347/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Human ecology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I enjoy learning new things and concepts such as human ecology.

Evaluate the article
This article provides a concise opening sentence that gets the message of the topic across in a fairly quick manner. The lead of the article contains the definition of what human ecology is and does not present any information that is not discussed in the rest of the article. In regard to the content the article is up to date and provides recent studies as well as old ones. The content is placed well and is relevant to the topic of human ecology. However, there is no obvious presence of any equity gaps, which is where the article could be improved. The overall tone and balance of the article is neutral and informative and there are no claims that are biased or trying to influence the reader. All of the viewpoints are equally represented and distributed evenly throughout the article. Minority viewpoints are scare but are represented to the best of the writes ability, and as such the article is a good example of what tone should be used when writing and editing an article. The facts presented in the article seem to be from relevant sources and not from unreliable sites. The sources are thorough and there is a wide variety of sources used which are both older and current allowing for a diverse spectrum of references and sources making the article very well written. The diversity of the authors is marginal, however some diversity is present which is another area the article could be improved. The articles used are Peer reviewed and are quite current, but more newer peer reviewed studies could be used to better improve the quality of this article. When clicking on the link they take you to the page that is intended. The images used in the article are relevant and add a visual component to the information being presented. They are well captioned so that they can be understood by the reader and adhere to the copyright rules that wikipedia enforces. The images are well laid out throughout the article and add to the overall experience and context. There are no conversations going on in the talk page about the content of the article and as such there is not much to say about the talk page. The article is rated quite high which showcases that the article is well read and according to my knowledge is not apart of wikiprojsects. The way Wikipedia uses this article is quote similar to the articles we have discusses in class however, is different in that of that the ones we talked about need more editing. The overall status of the article is quite high and its strengths are in that of how concise it is and the way the article reads. The article can be improved in terms of diversity and the usage of more diverse authors presented in the references. Overall the article is well developed and well completed.