User:Nbrady5/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Architecture of Africa

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article as it is relevant to our current course. We haven't talked about a piece of architecture in Africa yet, so I am intrigued to see its differences as compared to others we have already studied.

Evaluate the article
Lead

The lead paragraph is perfectly structured with a concise beginning statement on the culture behind the architecture. This blends the other article on the culture of Africa to the architectural article. Each key section if outlined with a quick link to every one. There is some detail into the main topics of consistent architecture throughout that could have been moved, but I think that it quickly addresses a constant rather than placing it multiple times throughout.

Content

With all of the article being entirely relevant to the subject it is difficult to see any parts of content that do not meet that relevance. Everything seems up-to-date with subjects and changing historical discoveries. Having an article on the entire architecture of Africa does open the possibility more to have gaps or missing links in the history, but in the article nothing stands out as such.

Tone and Balance

Architecture of Africa is a historical view onto the subject with no outstanding viewpoints or claims of opposition. The writer kept the historical view on everything including into the brief history points that support the architectural culture and regional differences.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is greatly organized into region specific headings that involve their own independent architectural histories. Quality wise the ties into the prehistoric architecture and historical events that shaped a regions specifics are great. Writing in both terms of organization and into the quality all further supports this article positively.

Images and Media

Image wise the article is lacking, in my opinion, rather significantly. Especially in terms of this being an architecturally focused topic and article there should be a considerable amount of imagery. You can only convey so much of an architectural work through simple text and verbal description. Majority of the time even the best of imagery cannot contain the actual feeling a building, sculptural, or decorum element can actually convey.

Talk Page Discussion

Ranking wise the overall article was given a B-Class score on the content assessment scale of Wikipedia. On the To-do list for the article is expansion on the scope of the current article. I think that this is another great point for the editors to touch on as with the shear scope to address ALL of Africa's architecture is huge undertaking.

Overall Impressions

This is written with great quality and for the huge undertaking of all of the architecture throughout Africa. I see the key points in the headings and links to other supporting cultural articles.