User:SmokeyJoe77/Evaluate an Article

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Parables of Jesus

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I think the parables Jesus tells to his disciples are quite interesting and cover a broad range of topics (like forgiveness, charity, etc.). I think that it also closely relates to communication, because it is literature from history, and is a creative way of providing life lessons and morals.

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Lead Section

I think for a reader to get a clear and concise understanding of what parables or the parables of Jesus are, the first and second paragraph of the article should be flipped. The first sentence and paragraph do not describe what parables are, but where they are found and how much of Jesus' teachings are these parables. This may be important information, but can come later down the line. However, the whole section provides a quick and clear overview of the topic itself.

The intro does not include a brief description of the articles sections, but does touch briefly on a few of the sections. I don't necessarily think a brief description of each section is entirely necessary for this article, but could be beneficial.

The intro includes all necessary points, and does not leave anything important out. It is concise, and does the job of an intro well.

Content

The content is relevant and does not have any additional items that are unnecessary (in my opinion). However I will say it is interesting to have an art section for this topic.

Because this is somewhat of a history page, there isn't a need to provide up to date information. Most of the information that is known about this subject has already been published because it is very old literature.

The article does a really good job at splitting up the sections evenly, not giving too much to one section or another. All information seems equally important, because the amount of information is similar in each section.

Tone and Balance

The article does a good job of staying neutral and unbiased in presenting its information. Because the topic is dealing with old literature, there is much research that has been done, and the article does a good job of bringing the information that has been gathered together unbiasedly.

The article uses the language "... is/are generally considered..." presenting an opinion that is not based on opinion but the concordant information of multiple different sources.

Also uses the language "multiple scholars" or "a number of scholars" indicating the same thing as I stated above.

Sources and References

The Bible is referenced much in this article, due to the nature of the topic. The parables of Jesus occur in The Bible, and much information or opinions from Jesus himself or his disciples concerning the parables also occur in The Bible. The Bible (especially the Gospels) is a quite acceptable source of information for this topic, due to its historical reliability and the amount of intensive research that has been done on it.

The sources are reliable for information on this topic, these sources being many different Bible scholars.

There is a wide range of sources to cover a wide range of subtopics within this one topic.

There are some biased sources (those being Christian sources), however I believe they are appropriate for a reader to get to know the Christian understanding of what these parables mean and their significance.

There are also many historian sources that provide unbiased information about the parables.

The links to the sources work. There are many books cited.

Organization and Writing Quality

The article is well written and easy to read.

I think the order of subsections is okay, but could be improved upon. I would like to know the reasoning behind the order, because I believe some subsections would work better with each other, or have better association with one another in a different order. Specifically, I think the nature of the parables, the purpose and motive, and the themes should be followed one after another, without a section on the literary sources these parables come from.

The article is broken down into important and well decided topics to clearly and nearly fully elaborate on all areas of the topic.

I did not notice any spelling or grammar errors, but there are some areas that read a little difficult.

Images and Media

The article uses multiple images to add to the understanding of the topic. There are many subpages with links that contain images on the main page, which may not be necessary but may catch the attention of some readers.

The images are in spots that are appealing and make sense for the article. They do not split up the text or make it hard to follow along.

The images have concise descriptions and citations.

Talk Page discussion

The article is part of WikiProject Christianity and WikiProject Bible.

The talk page contained many repeated instances of people believing the tone of the article was inappropriate and biased. It seems like this has been changed by now, and maybe even some sections deleted in order to avoid potential bias.

Overall Impressions

Overall the article seems to be very helpful for a reader to generally understand what the parables of Jesus are.

The article does a good job at covering many different areas of potential interest in this topic.

There is not any major areas of interest that I feel are missing from this page.

The only weakness is there are a few areas that read not super smoothly.