Wikipedia:Article assessment/Extinct mammals/Aurochs

Assessment of an article under the topic Extinct mammals.

Article: Aurochs

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Review by Martin Walker

 * Coverage and factuality: 6
 * Good basic coverage of topics, though I'd like to see some coverage of them as a food source for early hunter-gatherers, if this occurred. I'm not a biologist, so I can't validate facts.  Another couple of refs would be nice.  I think the article could be significantly longer, there must be more suitable content. One question I have - did any of the prehistoric worship/cults of aurochs lead to any modern cultural phenomena such as the "sacred cow" in Hinduism or bullfighting in Spain?


 * Writing style: 10
 * Excellent, I really enjoyed reading the piece


 * Structure: 8
 * Also very good.


 * Aesthetics: 7
 * I'd like to see a drawing of an aurochs, perhaps next to a modern cow or bull.


 * Overall: 7
 * An excellent short piece, I just wanted a longer article!

Review by violet/riga

 * Coverage and factuality: 5
 * Covers most things briefly, but is not thorough in any way when compared to the external links. The absence of inline citations also limits the possible score.


 * Writing style: 8
 * No major problems, but some parts could do with a little tweak.


 * Structure: 5
 * The lead is badly done, not summarising the article. The sections are not particularly intuitive.


 * Aesthetics: 5
 * Badly needs some image of an auroch other thana cave painting.


 * Overall: 5

The article is not particularly well structured and does not cover things well enough. On the plus side, the prose is of a good standard. violet/riga (t) 21:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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