User:Palpatitus/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
John of Seville

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Chose it because John of Seville came up in the class and the article is rated as a start-class. The Christian-Islamic conflict and transmission of ideas additionally interest me. The article matters because he was an important figure in translating knowledge from Arabic to Latin. The page is short but well-done with numerous citations. It lacks details of John of Seville's private life & family or relations, patrons or rivals.

Evaluate the article

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * The article contains reference to the fact that John of Seville's identity is a matter of scholarly dispute, which is an important question, certainly, but can cause some confusion.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The initial claim that John of Seville was a Jew is uncited but stated as fact. While the article freely admits that this is contested, the citation for that sentence is lacking as well.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * The viewpoints that can be represented with the data available in the current state: Who was John of Seville, is presented in a reasonably fair manner as a matter of time spent.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Citations 3 & 6 at least work and support the claim they purport to.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * No, not all facts are appropriately referenced. Neutrality of all sources briefly reviewed seems adequate.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * One citation is from 1959. Some additional in-text citations could be helpful. I would definitely like to see an exhaustive list on the article in it's own section about all the works he is credited for translating.
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * The talk page agrees with me! Yay!
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is within the scope of two wikiprojects, WikiProject Biography, & WikiProject Middle Ages. It's rating is start class in the former and is as yet unrated in the latter.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Brings out the fact that his identity is dispusted, and that he is credited for a single original work.