User:Swaggyswaps/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Talk:Late Bronze Age collapse

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I find the Bronze Age Collapse interesting by a means of no one knows particularly what caused it. It is an enigma to history. My first impression of this article is that it was very well thought out and had a good framework. It looked like it had a good number of citations and pictures to go along with it.

Evaluate the article
The article's lead section gave a good overview about what the Late Broze Age collapse was, what countries it effected, and when it was set in history. The lead section doesn't hold so much detail that it's overwhelming.

The article held a neutral point of view all the way through and represented many theories presented as to what or who caused the collapse.

The article also cites a large number of sources. All the sources can be backed up by other sources. While most of the sources don't follow the five-year rule of relevancy, they are all good sources. From the links I checked, they do work.

I couldn't identify many weak spots in this article other than it's use of BC and AD. These terms are both outdated and may offend non-Christian users as BC refers to "Before Christ". I also do get lost from time to time while reading the article. There are points in which the language is not directly clear in the regional evidence section. The images and media present aid in understanding of the topic, although I feel like there was a lack in images and more sould have been added.

The talk page has a lot going on. There were several people making corrections to information given in the original article. There was also people telling an editor that the name of one of the sources may be misleading towards the ideas laid out in the rest of the article.

Overall, this article is pretty strong save for it's weakpoints. All that can be improved is mainly listed above -- clearer language and more media, updated articles, etc.