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Evaluate an article (Beazley Medal)
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: (Beazley Medal)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I have chosen to evaluate the Beazley Medal article because I never heard of such an award and I wanted to know a bit more about it.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation
The Beazley Medal article started off with clear sentence that described the topics of the article clearly. The lead also included a brief description of the articles main topic, not including any unnecessary information that distracts the readers from the topic at hand, keeping the lead concise with the article.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?

Content evaluation
The content of the Beazley award article were all relevent to the topic readers were informed on. It shows the past winners of students in their respected positions. It seems that the content is up-to-date with the last edit being made on June 15th this year. After reading the article, I felt that there was no content left out nor was there any content that did not belong. The article was well informed, and did not relate to any underrepresented topic.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation
The article was pretty neutral, and gave no information that seemed biased towards a particular position. All view points of the medal were well presented, simply informing readers on the medals earned by students.This article had no attempt to persuade readers in favor of a position, seeming that its only purpose was to give information on the medal itself.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation
The articles facts were all backed up by a reliable source of information. The sources of the article do refelect the available literature on the topic. However. the source aren't to current. Some of the sources date back as far as 2002, even showing record of award winners in 2001. The sources were written by a different authors, and include marginalized individuals. The links of the sources do function properly.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation
I found this article to be well written, clear, and easy to read. Looking throught the article there didn't seem to be any grammar or spelling errors. The article was well organized; it gave a brief detail on the topic and revealed the past winners of each section respectively.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation
The article did not have many images. There was only an image of the person the medals were named after. The image itself was well captioned, and stuck to the copyright regulations. The was revealed appealing in a visual way.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation
On the talk page, a user post modified external links, and another user posted an evaluation on the article. The article is rated as a C-class article that is apart of the Wikiproject awards and Wikiproject Australia.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation
Overall the status of the article is good. The article gave a good brief description on the Beazley Medals, and how it progressed through the years in the Australia education system. The article could have a bit more information on how the award came about to their education system, and a couple more images. Overall, the article was well developed, clearly describing its topic and providing sources for their content.

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