User:Pwillia95/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bastet

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.)

The reason I chose this article is because, I am very fond of Egyptian mythology. This matters to me because I want to be informed of what Bastet represents, especially since she is such a primary figure in Egyptian mythology. My preliminary impression of the article was that there are a lot of links and definitions posted, but most of all was hhe amount of pictures used for referencing.ow

Evaluate the article
The article doesn't have an introductory sentence, yet they jump right in with details on Bastet. The lead doesn't include a brief description of the articles major sections, however the lead doesn't include any information that isn't already present in the article, overall a concise lead. The articles content is relevant to the the topic with up-to-date content as well with many of their references being from the 2000's. There is one piece of content that needs citations, but other than that the article doesn't seem to be missing any content or have anything that doesn't belong. The article doesn't address any equity gaps, but they give a brief history on the town that was known most to worship Bastet.This article is neutral with no attempts to persuade the reader in one position, there doesn't seem to be any fringe viewpoints really discussed besides the acknowledgement that Bastet has many different names and origins. In the article there aren't any viewpoints that are over or under-represented, with no claims that appear to be heavily biased. Not all the facts have a secondary source of information, yet the sources listed are thorough. A good majority of the sources are current, most of the authors are of European decent so there isn't much marginalized representation. The sources do include historically marginalized individuals where possible. When looking for more sources I found that other sources didn't provide any new information, or anything that wasn't already listed in this source. The links work and the article is clear and easy to read. The article doesn't have any grammatical errors I could see, the article is very well organized with sections that are broken down ad reflect major points of topic. The article includes well captioned images that enhance understanding of the topic, and the images adhere to Wikipedia copyright regulations with appealing image layout. The talk page addresses that there is a link that doesn't work and was removed from the article. The article isn't really rated, but it is apart of eight WikiProjects.The way Wikipedia discusses this topic differs from the way it would be discussed in class, because in class the examples would be other mythology related examples along with a basic explanation of who and what Bastet is and represents. Wikipedia, however, provides information about the same topic but from different standpoints instead. I would say the articles overall status is good! The articles strengths are their citations are resources, however more marginalized representation would help improve this article. I would say this article is well-developed.