User:Tedrickja/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Catalan language

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Having lived in Catalunya, and having a rudimentary grasp of the language, I have some knowledge on the subject.

Evaluate the article
Lead: The lead is well written, providing a concise depiction of what the Catalan language is, and placing it in proper context in the world. The lead could do a better job of outlining the major sections that will be covered later in the article. The lead stays relevant and doesn't include unrelated information.

Content:

Content stays true to the mark, relaying the history and related languages to Catalan. This article deals with an underrepresented minority, in the Catalan people, who have been systematically oppressed by the Spanish central government. This article fails to address the use of definite articles before peoples' names, in Catalan.

Tone and Balance:

Article does a good job of remaining politically neutral, while relaying Catalan language history. Information is up to date and article appears to be regularly updated.

References:

Article's references are thorough and many, and links function. More information could be linked to regarding Franco's suppression of the Catalan language.

Organization and Writing Quality:

That is the strength of this article; that it is well written and concise, without straying from the central information being conveyed. No spelling errors.

Images and Media:

More images showing the different regions where Catalan dialects are spoken would be appropriate. What does exist is well captioned and labelled.

Talk Page:

Interesting conversations occurring on the Talk page, most of it quite erudite, and using linguistic terminology that I am unfamiliar with. We haven't specifically discussed the Catalan language in class, although the use of the terms "dialect" versus "language" are not used in the sense we were taught to use them in.

Overall Impressions:

A B-Class article, that requires more detail regarding the political underpinnings of the evolution and dispersal of the Catalan language. Despite this, it is a well developed article, appearing to ver away from politics and stick with discussion of pure linguistic structure.