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Which article are you evaluating?
Parody religion

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Parody religion is rated as a Start-class article, meaning there is plenty of room for improvement. The article was very interesting to all of us in the group and we noticed there was not much content. We think it is an important topic and is getting overlooked because there has been a rise in popularity and attention towards parody religion in the past decade. Our preliminary impression of the article was that there was a lot of religions listed with brief descriptions, and a nice overall description of the topic, but there is much to be desired. There is not many sections about the creation of parody religions, the reasons behind their creations, their uses in culture, or their effects in culture to name a few topics.

Evaluate the article
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Lead Section
The lead section does a good job of summarizing the topic and giving a brief overview of the concept with a couple of examples of some of the parody religions. The article appears to try to take a non-biased standpoint while covering the ideas of the parody religions and posing possibilities of why they were formed without making any claims.

Tone and Balance
I think the article should mainly be factually based and be informational about the parody religions. I think some of the article makes some assumptions about them or alludes to them being a joke or the followers not being serious. I think these kinds of comments could have a place in a speculative section that could be about why the religions are created or the purpose behind them maybe with some evidence or quotes from members. But I don't think these should belong in the lead section of the wiki page.

Sources and References
References many other pages of topics relating to religion such as religions, sects, gurus, cults, or new religious movements. Has a table listing notable parody religions in which some religions have referenced pages and some do not have referenced pages but all of the listed items have external sources cited. Has notable sources citing external sources such as a "Federal Court Rules Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster Not a Religion" from Harvard Divinity School.

Organization and Writing Quality
The page is pretty organized, as there are not too many different sections. It includes a useful table to keep things visually formatted and organized.

Content & Images and Media
Only two images are included in the page. One showing a piece of clothing with pin badges used by parody religions. The other picture is the logo of the group known as the "Invisible Pink Unicorn". I think there is not enough images and media included and we could add much more.

Talk Page Discussion
The Talk-Page includes 3 different entries of people appealing new parody religions to be added to the page. Some of the entries are more detailed than others, but most of them are not complete enough to be added fully onto the page yet.

Overall Impressions
The article is a good start for an interesting topic that I think more people may look into if the article had more substance to it. I think there is a lot of opportunity to add to it and continue shaping the outline of the page and increasing the amount of religions listed on it.