User:AliSyed25/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: Islamic calligraphy
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate:
 * I have chosen to evaluate this article because while looking through the academic disciplines link, I found immediate interest to this subject. I am a muslim and invested in the culture of Islam. This link is a great way for me to evaluate an article that Im familiar with and have interest in.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

Yes, The lead includes a well done introductory sentence that clearly depicts the topic of the article. It also briefly describes the origin and history of the topic and the meaning behind some of the key words. The article lead does include a brief mention of the article's major sections, however, I feel that it could've done a better job at mentioning everything. There's a section called "list of calligraphers" and he lead doesn't mention or infer it at all. Just by adding perhaps the first person to use calligraphy or make it famous could've been mentioned in the lead to link that section in the lead. The lead does talk about how Mohammad said that god created the pen first, and never really expanded upon it in the rest of the article. Outside of that the lead doesn't have any other information thats not in the article. The lead is concise as it's not overly detailed, but detailed enough to have satisfactory understanding about the topic.


 * 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?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The content present in the article is all very relevant to the topic and provide good informative information about the topic. The content is up to date, and they have a section for modern calligraphy so theres information on the past and present. All the content belongs, and it seems like they have covered pretty much everything there is too calligraphy. It does deal with wikipedia's equity gaps and represents a underrepresented topics as middle-eastern culture is not talked about or represented in media.


 * 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?

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions
 * The article is neutral, and it does not have any bias towards a position. It strictly talks about the Islamic art with a neutral view point and bias involved. The view points are underrepresented as Islamic art isn't mainstream and barely talked or shown. The article doesn't favour one position it just describes Islamic calligraphy giving the readers an insight look in the writings and culture.


 * 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 favour of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

It is backed up by a lot of secondary sources such as scholarly books and articles. They do accurately reflect the topic in hand and are thorough. The sources are current and updated as they're articles from 2017. They aren't really written by a diverse spectrum of people as it is an Islamic topic so most authors are Muslims. There are some non-muslim articles present with a mix of genders. The links work perfectly.


 * 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?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

The article is clear and easy to read it is made in such a way that even people who aren't part of Islam can easily and clearly understand their culture. The article is well written with good grammar and spelling. It is organized in a simple and clear way that is easy to understand, and reflects the major points of the topic.


 * 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?

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

The article does a phenomenal job at including plenty of images to make the readers clearly understand, as in this topic particular theres many designs therefore just reading about them may be difficult. The pictures do a good job along with the descriptions to clearly make the reader understand precise of the art. All the images have a caption that describes the purpose of the picture well. The images are within Wikipedias copyright regulations, and the images are laid out in a appealing way that won't bore the reader.


 * 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?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

There's been conversations of people editing prior mistakes and adding new relevant info. The article was nominated as a good article, but failed to fully meet the criteria at the time. It was in three wikiprojects rated with a B-class and high importance on two of them and B-class and low importance for once. We haven't talked about it in class yet as there hasn't been any meetings yet.


 * 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

The articles overall status was that it was nominated for a good article, but was unable to meet the criteria so got rejected at the time. The articles strength is that it informative on the Islam art of calligraphy and provides insightful information of the art. The article can be improved by providing the influence its had over other religions and their culture and practices. I think the article is well-developed and provides educational information.


 * 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?

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