User:Oceanicmuffin/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the article about ecovillages.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Ecovillages in China were one suggested idea for a Wikipedia article. As I understand them, ecovillages are an small, sustainable human settlements that are anti-consumerism. Increasing the number of ecovillages could be one way to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Lead Section
The lead section had a good summary of the topic of ecovillages.

Content
The content of the article was good, but it would be good if there were more examples of ecovillages. This could help to clarify the concept, how it works in action, and any issues that there may be with implementing the idea of an ecovillage.

Tone & Balance
The article seemed relatively balanced. There did not seem to be any fringe ideas that received undue attention. The article was not meant to push a particular view onto the reader.

Sources & References
It would be good to have sources that were more current. The most recent sources seemed to be from 2016.

Organization & writing quality
The organization and writing quality were good.

Images & Media
The images were helpful to illustrate what an ecovillage would look like in practice. The captions seemed appropriate but could have benefited from more detail.

Talk page discussion
The talk page had unclear organization. I was unsure what was being discussed in each section and it was unclear which changes were made when.

Overall impression
This article is off to a good start. However, it could benefit from more concrete examples and up to date information.