User:Zainachaudhry/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Urdu

Urdu

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because it loosely ties with the topic of my Languages in Peril class. Additionally, Urdu is my second language so I wanted to see what is written about the language in the Wikipedia article. I also wanted to see if there is anything I don't know about the language as well. My preliminary impression of the article was a positive one. There seemed to be content in heavy detail. Urdu scriptures were also incorporated throughout the article. There is mention about both the historical context of the language as well as where it stands currently.

Evaluate the article
In terms of relevancy, everything written in the article seems relevant to the topic of the Urdu language. The comparison of Urdu and Hindi provided in the article was good for clarifying the differences between the two languages. However, I believe that this comparison was overdone and the main spotlight should have been on the Urdu language, since the article was about Urdu. I would decrease the amount of comparison done between Urdu and Hindi. There is also an inaccuracy in the article. It mentions that Urdu uses personal pronouns like -ko (example mujko) while in Hindi the word would be mujhe. However, as a native speaker, I know that this is not correct. Urdu uses mujhe while Hindi uses mujko. In terms of tone, the article does seem neutral overall. Looking at the resources, it seems like the authors used a wide array of different reliable sources from various different countries. The references seem to be diverse in nature and are easily accessible to the public. Many of the conversations in the Talk page are indicating that the article has some inaccurate/over-exaggerated/under-exaggerated points.