User:Aaronmc817/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: Oral Tradition
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I chose this article because when I saw the title, it initially interested me.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? No

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral? It seems to be
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? NO. Seems to be informational only.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? No
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Seems to be
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes
 * Are the sources current? Not really. Everything is pretty old.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Yes. It is long, but easy to read for the most part.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? None that I noticed.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Yes it is broken up very well.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Yes. It has 3 images.
 * Are images well-captioned? Yes.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? Not really.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? None of the comments are recent. However they just have specific questions about a few things.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? It is B-Rated and Yes.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I don't really know the answer to this question.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status? It's in good shape. I enjoyed reading it.
 * What are the article's strengths? The articles are well-written and seem to have good sources to back up what they are talking about.
 * How can the article be improved? Maybe have some more information about Asia. Also, I'm sure some of it is out dated because of the date of the article. So, someone might need to go through and update anything that isn't current.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would say that it is well-developed

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Oral tradition