User:Tylerrich21/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Solar cycle

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to evaluate because the topic interests me. I love science, astrology and astronomy and find it very fascinating. I knew I would want to read it and be keen to learn about what this article has to say. My impression of this article is that it is a bit wordy, and I do feel that some of the sentences could be simplified into easier to understand phrases for the audience, but overall it was very interesting.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article overall was pretty good. It clearly describes what the article will be about and sums the main ideas. Although, I do think it could've been a bit shorter and maybe give a brief overview of what to expect within the rest of the article.

Overall, the content of the article was good. Everything stated was relevant to the topic and delved deeper into the topic. Also, the facts and information within the article is up to date. Most of the article consists of different cycles that have occurred throughout history.

As the article deals a lot with history, the article's tone was written from a neutral point of view, which stays consistent throughout the article. There are no biased opinions or viewpoints that are over or underrepresented. The article simply states the facts of a solar cycle, there isn't much of persuading.

From what I saw, the sources are reliable and good sources. The author also has many citations to back up their statements as well as show where they got the information from. All of the links that I clicked on, worked. I haven't encountered any technical issues with links not working.

The article is clean, concise, and very easy to read. All of the information is organized into different ideas and subjects so it is easy to follow along. The images are also all cited properly and are visually fit in good to the article. There are no awkward placements.

If I had to change anything about this article, I would say to maybe use more easy to understand language. Using clearer language will help keep the readers attention and you won't loose the audience. This also prevents an overwhelming amount of information being presented as you are utilizing more summarization while still using academic language.