User:SocksTheKitty/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Hatshepsut

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because I know much about Ancient Egypt already. Because of this I have a background understanding of the subject and feel like I would be able to better evaluate the article than one where I did not know as much about the subject.

This subject matters because Hatshepsut was a rather successful Pharaoh and deserves to be remembered as much so that she can get the respect that she deserves. It is important that there are articles and information available for people to easily learn about women like this throughout history who were successful but erased after their death.

My preliminary impression is that it is a pretty good article. It has a significant amount of relevant and important information that is cited throughout the article. The information is also not all common knowledge so the average person can learn new things from it.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead section:

The introductory sentence gives a good background of who she was and the different ways that she ruled throughout the years. It introduces her as a person and thus is an effective opening. The introduction goes over each of the different sections of the article with just enough information to properly introduce them without adding too much information that will be covered later. The information about each of these sections is well connected and feels like one continuous thought rather than multiple thoughts that are strung together. The lead does not contain any false information and the information is well cited and connected to other Wikipedia articles. It is concise while still containing all of the information necessary to properly introduce each section.

Content:

The content is relevant to the article's subject and there are no tangents present. The information is well cited and flows well. It does not feel like just one fact after another but rather one continuous thought. The content appears to be up to date. There is not any content that is missing and anything that is not fully explained has a link to another article that goes into depth on that subject. This article is about an important female ruler in history which is a generally underrepresented topic.

Tone and Balance:

The article maintains a neutral tone throughout and only deals in facts. There is nothing that appears biased towards one side of the subject or another and there are no fringe opinions considered in the article. All viewpoints appear to be evenly represented.

Sources and References:

All facts have citations and/or links to other Wikipedia articles. The sources appear to all be thorough and current. The sources all appear to be reliable since they are all from reputable places with many being scholarly journals that have gone through professional editing. All of the tested links worked. The sources were all from diverse publications and thus many have more than one author that worked on the source.

Organization and Writing Quality:

The article is easy to read but does not feel written for a lower than high school reading level. There also appear to be no grammar or spelling issues present in the article. It is well organized in a way that feels like a continuous topic and are in an order that seems to follow her life well. It makes sense and the subjects do not jump around between times in her life.

Images and Media:

There are several images included that are relevant to the topic and appear next to the sections that they are relevant to. They are well captioned and appear to follow all copywrite regulations. The images are laid out in a visually pleasing way that makes sense to the reader.

Talk Page Discussion:

The conversation that is going on behind the scenes is about the possible addition of more information to the early life section of the article. There is currently only one fact present in that section and although it is relevant information, I agree that it would make sense to fill out that section a little more so that it makes sense to have it there. It would feel wrong to not have it in the article but it feels like a filler space right now. There is also information in the talk page about the mummy being moved and includes a cited source that may be added. The article is currently a delisted good article and a C class article. It also is of interest to multiple Wikiprojects including Egypt, Women's History, and LGBT studies.

Overall Impressions:

The article's overall status in my opinion is that it is quite good but could use some filling out. As mentioned earlier in the talk page section, it would be good to add more information about her early life. It would also be interesting to have her child mentioned. It would give more insight into her personal life rather than just that of her work life. It also would be interesting to see more information about her mummy and also a link to Howard Carter's Wikipedia page. Also a link to a mummification article would be a good addition because it could give the reader greater understanding about the subject since it is not important to this article but is important know as background for this part of the article. The information about what she did during her life is very strong and I see no gaps in the information regarding her achievements during her reign. It is a well developed article and only needs a few edits to make it fully developed.