User:Pandalily89/Evaluate an Article

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Icarus - Wikipedia

I have chosen to write the evaluation for this article since I remembered the name Icarus and wanted to re-read the story about him and what happened to him.

I chose to read a forgotten article from my middle school days since I wanted to remember his name. I remembered so much, what the story behind the name was, and the lesson/moral to his story. My preliminary impression of this article was that it was great with all the excellent information and diverse citations.

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As the questions and guidance for the lead section said, I believe that what was done for that section was well done by the amount of information that was composed to introduce the topic at hand, keeping it concise for the readers. The content seems to be a bit short, but Icarus did leave a rather unimpressed life (it seems) only until his death happened. I believe that there should have still been content about Icarus in his childhood since in the content, everything seems to start with the labyrinth and end with his dad crying over his death. The tone and balance seem to be just the right amount for the article. For the sources provided for this article, I am not sure I can say the references are up to date given it was a story from ancient times. Still, the sources are diverse as they are plentiful. Still, there seemed to lack information about the beginning of Icarus, which was surprising since when I did some digging, I was able to find a source for his childhood. However, not much was said about the young man as more was said about his famous craftsman dad. The writing and organization were beautiful as I was able to find where I wanted to go although my grammar isn't the best, I would say the editors excellently did the grammar. I thought all the images provided to the article were excellent and provided better imagery on what was said in the article. On the talk page, everyone seemed to be working out how to compose the piece better, add stuff in, find faults, and work those faults out together. Overall my impressions of the article are excellent. I think they did a job well done, but I would like to see some more information about the childhood of Icarus and what led to him flying to his death. My preliminary impression of this article was that it was great with all the excellent information and diverse citations.