User:OliviaKnight/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
1185 East Midlands earthquake

Why you have 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 it sounded interesting to read about and is a topic that I haven't read about before. The article matters because it talks about one of the first earth quakes recorded in England that caused significant damage. I thought that the article would talk about the earthquake more and give specific insight as to what happened when the earthquake hit England.

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.)

The lead section of the article was good and did briefly describe enough information for the reader to gain insight on the topic. The content in the article is good and up to date but I thought that there could be a little more information provided on the topic. The article is neutral and does not bring in any opposing views or personal views from the writer and presented the topic to the reader so that they would have a general understanding of the event. The sources for the article included many different sources and articles that come from a variety of times to help back up the information being presented. The organization of the article was very clear and understand and did not have any errors apparent in the writing. The article included one image that was where the estimated epicenter of the earthquake was located so that the reader could have a idea in their head at where the earthquake was in England. I did not see any conversations going on in the talk tab of the article. Overall the article was short and easy to read and I think that it could be improved by adding a little more information for the content area.