User:ThatsCrazey/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Aurochs

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose it because I've always been interested in fauna that accompanied early human evolution. I want to know more about what types of animals were present in prehistory and what may or may not have led to their extinction. This one doubles as interesting as it survived for over 2 million years before modern humans led to its extinction.

Evaluate the article
The article begins with a brief but informative overview of what an Aurochs is along with any important details surrounding its history which is beneficial for someone looking to find out if it's something they'd be at all interested in. I also felt that the article structure is very sound as it does not spend too much time on any particular section or topic. The content is on topic and primarily examines the biological history of the species as well as its evolution and domestication to create modern cattle. It also discusses several ecological projects that aim to resurrect the Aurochs by selectively breeding for specific traits or genome sequences found in modern cattle that are analogous to those of the Aurochs. Despite this being exciting news, the article maintains a neutral point of view and contains no persuasive language. The information provided is mostly linked to additional sources reasonably equally; meaning not everything is cited from one source. The talk page has quite a few entries suggesting clarification on awkwardly-worded passages or fact-checking claims from the article. The article is included in a few WikiProjects looking at large mammals and extinct animals. The quality of the article has made it a level-4 vital article in Biology. One of the concerns in the talk page was that some things needed more citation and other Wikipedians adding dubious entries into the article without proper citations. I don't think I encountered much of that in my reading as nothing jumped out at me as strange. I think the article could use some more information on what the aurochs significance was in its ecosystem as well as interactions with humans. There's a short passage dedicated to this but it's very brief and doesn't do a great job of painting a picture of where exactly the Aurochs sat in its ecosystem's food web, for example. A lot of the article is discussing the extinction of the animal as well as genetic tracing in modern cattle being used as a means to restore the extinct species. I'd say it's been well-developed thus far but is probably missing some basic information about the animal which could easily improve the quality of the article.