User:Ttbioclass/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mātauranga Māori - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose it because it is an academic discipline and I thought it sounded interesting. My first impression is that it is entertaining to read.

Evaluate the article
The lead section gives a good introductory sentence and gives a good overview of the topic. It does not leave out any major parts and is very descriptive, but not overly descriptive. The content is relevant and up to date. The entire article is about the marginalized Maori community, and the article is not neutral and is heavily in favor of the Maori community as would be expected. It is against the European communities for how they influenced the Maori communities. The facts are backed up by sources. Over 40 references and sources are included in the article. The sources are mostly up to date and are varied with some being from the New Zealand government and a few from journals. The links I clicked worked. The article is very concise and easy to understand. It is broken up into many sections, and I did not notice any spelling or grammatical errors. The article includes many images that are well captioned. The talk page rates it as C class and of Low importance. It is part of Wikiproject New Zealand. The talk page has one person saying that Ecology should not be a part of the page, and another person talks about the Maori's navigation skills. I think the article is well written with good distribution into subjects and good accompanying images. The writer certainly had passion and knowledge about the subject. The only way I think it could be improved was if it sounded less biased. It definitely leans into an extremely pro-Maori side instead of remaining neutral. I do think it is well-developed and I would say it is complete.