User:Ozayr2001/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Multilingualism - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this because it's an article directly related to this course but also it seems like it's well constructed overall. The length of the article also makes it seems like its relatively extensive.

Evaluate the article
First off, the lead section gives a brief definition of the concept, along with some summarized points from the article. It's concise and doesn't overly explain each individual idea but rather gives an overview and explains it later on in an appropriate section. The content of the article is good for a brief understanding of multilingualism, but certain sections could use work, namely, the sections named after the continents (i.e. Africa, Asia). Although the other sections are relevant and complete, these sections seem unnecessary or incomplete with respect to the whole article. Next, the tone of the article could use some work. At some points, the tone of the article seems very matter-of-fact rather than a neutral narrator explaining the research, though the tone is neutral and acceptable most of the time. Next, the article has a wide array of sources from a wide array of authors and institutions. The oldest of the sources are about 25 years old but most of them are within 15-10 years.

This article is a C-Class project part of the Linguistics WikiProjects. There are some concerns about the tone of the article (similar to what I mentioned) and there are some suggestions on improving the already existing sections. Of course, some people are discussing the possibility of editing down some portions in order to not be overly-detailed. Overall, this article could still use some work but it has a good foundation.