User:Shaykip/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Deforestation

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The topic of deforestation is something I plan to focus on for my InFocus project. It is important because deforestation has a widespread effect on the planet. As climate change continues to run rampant all over earth, deforestation is one of the many effects that accompany it.

Evaluate the article
Lead section - provides introductory sentence with definition, importance, effects, and common knowledge.

Content - primarily up to date (2020), mentions a lot of historical issues, content is relevant and bolsters significance of the topic, missing a section on "technology".

Tone and Balance - neutral POV, mentions many different countries and their experiences with deforestation, does not appear to be persuasive or biased towards a specific viewpoint.

Sources and References - many footnotes are provided, 284 listed sources (more than enough), sources cover a wide range of related topics mentioned in the main article, dates ranger from late 1900s to almost current day, links work, reference books, journals, websites, etc.

Organization and writing quality - article is concise and to the point, provides hyperlinks to possible unknown/challenging words, free of grammatical errors, many sections and subsections related to topic.

Images and media - various photos of vegetation, nearly every section has a photo attached, images are clear and relate to the subject, all photos have concise captions.

Talk page discussion - not much discussion going on, article is listed as "level 4 vital article", the article is a part of five WikiProjects and is rated as B-class, top importance.

Overall impressions - has substantial information, some subjects could be added, provide more recent information, important article status, well developed.