User:Ne55rine10/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Space in landscape design

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
First, it's a subject that has to do with the class I am currently taking. It's also a subject that interests me. Space, or as I like to call it, void, is something I highly value and appreciate, so directly, the subject of this article caught my attention. I appreciate the historical background the article provided, but I am a little skeptical about the reliability and the actual order of those moments in time.

Evaluate the article
Leads: The lead section of this article was concise and gave a general idea of the concept talked about and where it originated from.

Content: The content was interesting and relevant to the subject, but I think there is much more information that could be added to it. In regions other than Europe and Asia space also played a big part in architecture and landscape designs. Or how females in the field of architecture or art impacted this concept and helped it grow.

Tone and Balance: The article was very neutral and also kept the information open to change or mistakes. For example, in the second paragraph, it is written that " Elizabeth K. Meyer cites Claude-Henri Watelet's Essay on Gardens (1774) as perhaps the first reference to space in garden/architectural theory." Moreover, the article doesn't use terms to persuade the readers or to pick sides.

Source and References: Most of the facts in the article are backed with sources but some are not. For example, "The origins of modern northern European thought is a German innovation of the 1890s." is a stated fact that is unsourced. I also looked up the different sources put in the references section and most of them were not available on the Internet, therefore I was not able to verify the legitimacy of the information in the article. Unfortunately, most of the sources were written by white men so I wouldn't say it had a diverse spectrum of authors. One example, of diversity on this subject, is an article written by Archdaily, a weblog, that covered other aspect of space in landscape design by looking at Benedito Abbud a Brazilian landscape architect.

Organization and writing quality: The article was pretty short and easy to read. The overall vocabulary was simple and I was able to follow up easily with the historical moments of it. As for the spelling mistakes, I didn't find any. There were only two sections "Europe" and "Minimalism" and they reflected the point of the topic but the subject and information available on the internet could give much more details on them.

Images and Media: No images were included in this article, but I am sure there's plenty of that images could find a place in it.

Talk page discussion: This article has no ratings, is not part of any WikiProjects, and has one review. The comment stated that there was a lack of critique and that the historical facts in the text should have included ancient examples like the "Mutomachi (1333-1567) in Japan". The article was written on 15 December 2006 and then edited a few times year after year by different accounts. One comment that stood out to me talked about the importance of including the point of view and critiques of an expert in Architecture.

Overall impressions: The article is available in 3 languages on Wikipédia which is good. The subject is very interesting and could be a very good source of information if more content on the subject was added. For example, more facts, principles, or definitions about space in landscape design. By doing more internet research and readings online or in books, more data on the topic could be added.