User:Sjwagne1/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Anthropogenic biome

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because we recently talked about biomes in class and it reminded me of John Green's book The Anthropocene Reviewed. This topic matters because it involves the impact of humans on ecosystems. My first impression was this is an interesting article that seems to be well-written.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section Eval:

The lead section only includes a definition of anthropogenic biomes. It does not give an overview about what is in the article. The section is concise, but I think it could use a bit more information to tell readers what the article is about.

Content Eval:

The article's content is relevant and up-to-date. There was information from articles written in 2021. I do not think there was any content missing or out of place.

Tone and Balance Eval:

This was a neutral article. There were not any claims that were toward a particular bias. The article talked heavily about human impact on the environment, but that is the core of the topic so it cannot go unmentioned. There is also no persuasion attempts in the article.

Sources/Reference Eval:

The sources are mostly from journals. There does not appear to be a diverse group of authors in the references that were used. In the article, all facts were cited. The links in the reference section do work and the sources are mostly current. The oldest source is from 2008. Organization and Writing Quality Eval:

The article is easy to read and well-written. It is broken down nicely into sections that make sense. I did not notice any grammar or spelling errors.

Images and Media Eval:

There is only one image in this article. The caption is not very detailed. I think it would be helpful to include more images in this article.

Talk Page Eval:

There was only one comment from 2008 about this article being redundant since other pages talk about the topics covered in this page.

Overall Impressions:

I think the article did a good job of covering the topic in detail. I think some more images would be helpful, especially when talking about the different regions and the types of human impact on them. For example, graphs showing rainforest loss over time would be helpful. Overall, I would say this is a pretty well-developed article.