User:Sbastide/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
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 * Name of article: Biblical archaeology
 * I chose to review this article by pure curiosity.

Lead
The first sentence precisely describes the topic of the article. It is not particularly concise or clear though (somewhat convoluted writing, could be split into more sentences). The second paragraph roughly covers the article's major sections.

Content
The content is very detailed and relevant to the topic. I am not a expert and cannot really tells if it is up-to-date.

Tone and Balance
The tone of the article is as neutral as one can get when discussing religious questions. The first section is a justification for Biblical archeology, which is not particularly factual, although interesting. This could be rewritten in a more neutral, factual, way.

Sources and References
The article lacks sources at crucial sentences. Sources are recent (post 2000) and links are still active.

Organization
The overall organization is good, with clear and distinct, relevant sections.

Images and Media
Image are relevant, of good quality and respect wikipedia's policy.

Checking the talk page
Apparently may controversies are discussed on the Talk page. The Christian Archeology page seems to be recreated every now and then, and merged to this one. Relevance of the "biblicatily" of the archeology is discussed. Discussion is open and sources are often cited. The article is part of many WikiProjects.

Overall impressions
The article is good overall. The general tone are sources could be very much improved to feel more descriptive and neutral. The article is very well developed.