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Article evaluation: Ethology

Immediately evident is the banner stating that the article needs more sources. There are multiple sentences and paragraphs without any references, which is something that needs to be remedied.
I didn't feel like there was anything in the article that should not have been there, except for the many statements without citations (which may be true statements however they still need to be referenced to a reliable source).
The article states that Tinbergen was the modern founder of the discipline, however his questions are very near to the end of the article, which I think possibly could be changed as they are very important in ethology and therefore should be in a more prominent part of the article.
I believe the article is fairly balanced and neutral. There are certain claims (without references) which make statements about who did certain things first which cannot be verified.
Comparative psychology and ethology are compared based on what each group focuses on, however without the appropriate citations, this could be seen as opinionated, for example the statement: "Ethologists have made much more use of such cross-species comparisons than comparative psychologists have" (quoted directly from Ethology).
After trying a few of the references listed in the References section, I have discovered that the citations which are included in the article are accurate and do support the information they are listed to support.
The majority of references for this article come from either websites, or books, however there are also a number of academic journals such as Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology.
There is no bias noted for any of the sources listed, and after briefly reading each article/book/source title, the sources seem to be non-biased towards ethology.
Some of the books that are listed are quite old, which could indicate that the are outdated however the majority of the facts they are supporting are just historical content and thus seem to still be appropriate for the article.
Cultural learning, observational learning, and imitation link directly to other pages of Wikipedia, and while this is appropriate, there are many other sections that do the same, however they also have a brief description of the topic at hand. I think that a brief summary for each of these three could be added to improve the article.

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+Article evaluation: Ethology
+* Immediately evident is the banner stating that the article needs more sources. There are multiple sentences and paragraphs without any references, which is something that needs to be remedied.
+* I didn't feel like there was anything in the article that should not have been there, except for the many statements without citations (which may be true statements however they still need to be referenced to a reliable source).
+* The article states that Tinbergen was the modern founder of the discipline, however his questions are very near to the end of the article, which I think possibly could be changed as they are very important in ethology and therefore should be in a more prominent part of the article.
+* I believe the article is fairly balanced and neutral. There are certain claims (without references) which make statements about who did certain things first which cannot be verified.
+* Comparative psychology and ethology are compared based on what each group focuses on, however without the appropriate citations, this could be seen as opinionated, for example the statement: "Ethologists have made much more use of such cross-species comparisons than comparative psychologists have" (quoted directly from [[Ethology]]).
+* After trying a few of the references listed in the References section, I have discovered that the citations which are included in the article are accurate and do support the information they are listed to support.
+* The majority of references for this article come from either websites, or books, however there are also a number of academic journals such as ''Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology''.
+* There is no bias noted for any of the sources listed, and after briefly reading each article/book/source title, the sources seem to be non-biased towards ethology.
+* Some of the books that are listed are quite old, which could indicate that the are outdated however the majority of the facts they are supporting are just historical content and thus seem to still be appropriate for the article.
+* Cultural learning, observational learning, and imitation link directly to other pages of Wikipedia, and while this is appropriate, there are many other sections that do the same, however they also have a brief description of the topic at hand. I think that a brief summary for each of these three could be added to improve the article.