User:Zerodee/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Astroecology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article, because the name was very intriguing to me! I have not learned much about how astronomy and ecology relate, so I was interested to read the article.

Evaluate the article
The lead starts off a little vague, however it gets more detailed over the next few sentences. It was a little confusing to read, so I think the actual sentences could be written better. The content of the article does relate to the topic, and they provide multiple sources of evidence. However, the tone and balance are off in this article. It felt like I was reading an essay in which the author was trying to persuade me to believe that Astroecology is a real thing. The articles are supposed to be information that is presented in a neutral way, and this article does not do that to me. For the sources, many of them were dated, so they were from before the year 2000. Most of the sources came from the 1990s or before. Some of the sources went back to the 1970s. There were a few sources from after the year 2000, and the most recent sources was 2010. For the organization and quality of the article, I think the organization is pretty good. It has different sections, and they are all labelled. However, the quality of writing is not great. It was difficult to read, and I still feel confused about the topic after reading the article. There are no images with this article. It would have been nice to see at least one image, even it were a graph or something. Images can make the article more engaging to the reader, and images can also provide some more information on the topic. On the talk page, other people are discussing issues with the references. The article mostly uses only a few references for most of the information. The sources need to be checked further, and more sources will possibly need to be found. I would say that this article not well developed, and it could use some work. The topic seems so interesting, however the writing style and sources issues that are present in this article are a problem. There are some strengths for this article in that the topic is interesting and there are a few sources that relate to it, however the article could be improved with more reliable sources and some editing to the writing.