User:Photoworldtravler/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Religious Zionism)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(I chose this article as Religious Zionism is an essential core segment of the zionist movement. The article itself of initial reading is not terrible, but improvement could be made with source details and how the information is presented. This is a major component of what lead to the founding of Israel and the immigration to Historical Palestine. It was intersecting how it covered the multiple opinions and beliefs and was structured to show it in waves between the beliefs.)

Evaluate the article
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The lead section did a good job summarizing the concept, but lack clear evidence and makes a connection to orthodox Judaism without backing the claim with evidence. The lead section could also condense some segments and expand on others. Content wise the article is decent. It goes into multiple explanations of the nuances of religious zionism, and handles the topic in a clear and concise way. The topic is relevant to today and its up to date. The articles tone seems pretty non-biased. There are certain source materials that seem more biased than others, but that also plays into handling both sides of Religious Zionism. Regarding sources and information I begin to question the total accuracy of the article. It lacks sources for some major claims across the article. There is inconsistent citation across the article, and some entire sections have only one source if any. Multiple paragraphs seem to lack any core source, and some of the core sources seem to have a decent amount of bias towards one side as mentioned before. In the military article some statistical claims lack any source material. The writing itself is not as clear as it could be, and the organization of the article could use some adjustments. The images presented are relevant to some degree, but some I believe lack the connection to religious zionism. It's the same error the articles writing makes, connecting Judaism or its rituals with a religious zionist belief. This fails to understand that for example an Israeli soldier praying may not be a religious zionist or a zionist at all. The article has been corrected recently. The talks on this page seems limited as it is a contentious topic. It is in 3 wiki projects: Israel, Jewish History, and Judaism. The page is currently on Active Arbitration, due to its relation to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the current political environment. Overall the article is decent and covers a great deal of content. The article however could be more precise, add better sources and context, and provide a better separation between the religion itself as a whole and religious zionism.