User:Oakpinemaple/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Panax trifolius - Wikipedia

Why have you chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because my class had to choose a Wikipedia page that lacked information on a North American tree or shrub. I chose to evaluate Panax trifolius because the flowers interested me. The Wikipedia page did not contain a lot of information, so I figured it would be more effective picking this plant.

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.)

At first glance, the article on Panax trifolius does not contain a good lead section. The whole page has a paragraph and gives a basic description of the name, where it's from, and some of the plants uses. The page does not have much content so there isn't much that it covers about the plant. Positive points of the page include a picture of the plant, references, and neutral tone. However, the page on Panax trifolius needs some work to add more information on the plant to it.