User:Smike0512/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Sanaa

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article was chosen due to its relevance to the class, and in consideration to the specific assigned research of the class.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The Lead section provides a brief summary of information in the article that can all be found later in the article. There is no inclusion of a discussion about the major sections, with many sections not having any information included in the lead section such as History, Culture, Education and Administration. The Lead section is concise.

Content

The content in the page is extensive. Perhaps some included sections are long enough to constitute their own articles. However, the content is balanced (to my reading). There doesn't seem to be content that is missing, as it is comprehensive.

Sources and References

There are upwards of about 70 articles included, there is sourcing after every fact, though there are many large sections and paragraphs which continually source only one document continuously. All of the Sources on first glance are from appropriate sources, and most seem to be current.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article itself has clear and concise language, and information is easily attained from the article. In terms of organization, many of the sections at times feel disjointed, or perhaps can be reorganized into different headings. Perhaps, the sections of "education" and "administration" could find homes as sub heading under broader topical ideas. However, in general the article does a good job in presenting information efficiently and clearly.

Images and Media

There are several images which are relevant and helpful to the article, however, none of them are sourced, and that is a little concerning. There are also several graphs and charts which include sourcing on individual data points, however, there is no comprehensive source for many of these statistical representations.

Talk Page Discussion

The article is considered a Level 4 Vital article, with a C class rating. The talk page is not very extensive, and only includes discussions about a couple of edits regarding the coordinates of the city, the name of the city, and the music. There is a large chart within the talk page that includes a conversation about some documentation of specific buildings and locations of the city, but it is mostly empty.

Overall Impressions

The article would be sufficient for an individual to gain a measured understanding of the city of Sana'a without any real in depth understanding of specific topics. It would appear to be an okay starting place, but given the size of information available on the city, there is quite a bit of information not included. It would seem to me like this article could probably be broken down into two or three articles, in which there is one dedicated to the history of the city, one dedicated to the UNESCO heritage city of the old city, and one which considers the city as a modern entity. If someone wanted to go about reorganizing the information about this city on Wikipedia, that would probably be the best way to do it.