User:8713LOLA/Evaluate an Article

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


 * Name of article: (link) Economic surplus
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. A relevant topic to the class of Public Welfare since it helps in understanding how producers and consumers behave in a market and how it affects the total welfare and happiness of both these participants.

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 lead was concise and short and helps summarise the basic idea behind what constitutes Economic surplus as well as a short description of producer and consumer surplus. It was just enough information to be able to get a brief overview of the topic.

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?

Content evaluation
The content is highly relevant to the topic and it goes in a logical and sequential manner that allows the reader to gradually delve deeper into the topic as they proceed further down the reading. Since it is an economic theory there is not much that changes over time which makes it harder to judge if it is up to date or not. Unfortunately, the article focuses on economic surplus in relation to consumer surplus and does not elaborate as much on producer surplus.

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 is in my opinion extremely neutral and does not seem to offer any opinions on the subject, which is good considering the fact that it is a description of an economic theory that shouldn't be subjected to any bias. The article offers a number of explanations of economic terms with examples and direct effects without straying from the actual theory. It is also very early written with all jargon explained and never lacking a formally informative tone.

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?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Most of the facts are backed up by other sources and references that are all linked to the pages that work and can be seen by the reader. Further, all economic theory words are hyperlinked to lead to pages that reference them as well. There is variety in the sources to the extent to which this narrow economic topic allows but it helps provide a better understanding in general. Once again, it is missing references to producers surplus and fails to provide any literature regarding that


 * 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?

The article is very well organised in its sequence of events, however it fails to explore all avenues of the topic such as producer surplus. No spelling errors and the grammar was fine as well since it was a very formal language.

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?

The article has one image of a fairly recent graph that shows the consumer and producer surplus illustrated through the demand and supply curve, which is helpful in understanding what exactly they represent. The image is in colour and well labeled with a footnote explaining the same which allows a very clear interpretation of the same. It also seems to be well referenced and cited with an embedded Link to further details about the image.

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?

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
I would say that this article is quite well written with a good tone and structure and allows readers to be able to successfully follow what is happening.The language is simple yet objective and provides enough information to get a good understanding of the subject without being overwhelmed with theory and statistics. It is therefore well developed for all of the topics it does mention but I don't believe it is entirely complete since it does not talk about producer surplus and doesn't give man real world examples. These would be the areas I would improve upon.


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