User:SUChem04/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Talk:Arrow poison

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.).

There were 2000 articles to choose from so I wasn't going to take long to pick one. I saw arrow poison on the first page of C articles for chemistry and thought the topic was cool so I chose it. This topic matters because poison arrows have been used all throughout history dating back to the Greeks all the way up to Native Americans. They are used for the purpose of hunting and warfare. I first impression was was the same as why I chose the topic. Poison arrows are an interesting topic to me.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

After reading the article, I can say that the all information in the article is relevant to the topic. The article isn't out of date. The editor did a good job of telling the history of the poison arrow. They mentioned how the arrow has been around since Greek mythology and was used by the Greeks as well as The Roman Empire, Native American, and Chinese through warfare. They mentioned its still used today in places South America, Asia, Africa. The tone is neutral. It provides information and the history of the poison arrow and doesn't really show any bias. After going through the editors sources and links I found that they work and the editor did a good job of using references and listing the sources at the bottom of the page. Many links throughout the article are useful when talking about a topic related to the poison arrow. The link would take you to another wiki article about that topic. The sources are neutral and are diverse just like the history of the poison arrow. They use sources that cover the different empires and people that used them. Images are used in the article that provide correct context and captions that further the readers understanding. In the talk page a question was brought up to the editor about the topic of the poison arrow being used during hunting. My final thoughts on the article was that it was a good edited article. The article provided good context about the arrow and how its used. Not only did they talk about how it's used and who it was used by, but they provided information on how it was prepared and where it could come from(Plant-based poisons or Animal-based poisons). One thing the editor could do to improve the article is go more in depth about the effects of the arrow and how they contribute to one's death.