User:Afk2231/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.


 * Quantum Machine Learning
 * I've chosen this page since it was our decided article to edit.

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 seems to summerize the rest of the article well; however, it seems to lack the concrete definition at the beginning which throws the whole thing off if you don't know what they might be talking about. Instead, focusing on it's merits as a novel research topic and application of quantum mechanics. Rather than the application of quantum algorithms to the popular topic of machine learning. Because of this, some of the later statements on how quantum mechanics applies to this is lost without extensive knowledge of quantum information.

Content

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 * 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
Most of the content of the article is relevant, but some of the topics such as quantum annealing doesn't clarify how they might be related to the topic of quantum machine learning. As such, it might seem like some of these sections like quantum annealing are not relevant to quantum machine learning, but they are just misrepresented and are relevant.

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
One of the things I noticed with the article is that it is noticeably biased toward quantum machine learning as a diverse subfield of quantum information, and it represents it in an over exaggerated tone. For example, the opening statement of the article describes the field of research as being "emergent" instead of giving a neutral definition of quantum machine learning.

Sources and References

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 * 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 sources of the article are rather extensive, and it would require a rather in-depth review of the literature associated with the topic to add anything of note.

Organization

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 * 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
The article is written very well. The only thing that I'd add would be some extra explanations of how some of the topics relate to machine learning.

Images and Media

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 * 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
There's only one image, and I think it's fine in terms of copyright.

Checking the talk page

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 * 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
The only thing discussed in the talk page is a connection to machine learning of quantum systems which was segmented into another article. Nothing else was really discussed in detail.

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
It's a very good article, but it could be improved slightly with some more neutral language and some extra explanation for some topics.

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