User:Rive0801/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating
Galen

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because Galen is philosopher who has been discussed about in class. It matters because Galen is an important philosopher who changed the way the human body was viewed. My preliminary impression was that it would be interesting and it would educate me further on Galen as a person and what he did during his time.

Evaluate the article
Lead section: The lead section discusses what the article is going to be about. The article is up to date. It includes a brief description of the articles major sections. It does not include information that is not in the article and it is not overly detailed.

Content: The content of the article is related to the topic of the article and it is up to date. There is not content that is missing or that does not belong.

Tone and balance: the tone is neutral and there is not biased side. the author speaks only facts without inserting their opinion. it does not try to persuade the reader one way or another. All viewpoints are presented well and detailed.

Sources and References: All the sources are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information. The sources are thorough and are not repeated. The sources contain multiple different authors and range from books to articles. The sources are also up to date and current. The few links I clicked and checked worked.

Organization and writing quality: this article is well written and organized it is easy to read and easy to find subcategories. There are no spelling or grammatical errors.

Images and Media: There are images included but it does not enhance the understanding of the topic. The images are well captioned. The images are laid out in an appealing way and they follow Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Talk Page Discussion: there are no conversations going on behind the scenes. The article has been rated c-class and it apart of a WikiProject. Wikipedia does not use as big of words as we do in class.

Overall: overall I enjoyed the article and it informed me on the topic Galen even if I already knew some of it. The articles strengths are the topics and organization. It can improve the amount of information on some of the topics, some only have one or two sentences. Overall I think this article is well developed.