User:Rhennings2/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Chartres Cathedral

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because I found the history of this cathedral to be very interesting. Additionally, I found it to be quite beautiful and it gave me a better appreciation of the Gothic style of architecture. My preliminary impression of the article is that it is a well done article with lots of valuable information from relevant historical sources.

Evaluate the article
The lead section contains a good introductory sentence, but does not outline the other major sections specifically. Other than that the lead section is concise and does not contain any information not included in the article.

The content in this article is all relevant and up to date, but I did not notice it talking about any underrepresented groups, unless the pilgrims to the cathedral count as one.

The facts provided in the article are all backed up by good sources, most current, but some from the period the cathedral was being built. There is some variety in the sources, but naturally a good portion of the sources are French. There are probably a few better sources, but the sources provided are generally pretty good, and most of the links work.

The article is both well formatted and easy to read. The sections are divided into the major points.

The images are all accurately titled and high quality, helping the reader get a good idea of the art that is present in the cathedral.

The comments on the talk page are mostly discussing different details of the church, and if they should be included in the article, i.e. there is nothing in the article about the organ.

Overall I think this is an article that is fairly complete, with a few minor details missing that are being discussed in the talk page. I think the strengths of this article are in the pictures provided in such high quality and the background given about the cathedral. The article could probably be improved by providing some better information on the small stuff, that is not critical to the understanding of the church, but might still be nice to have. I would consider this article well developed.