User:Apugarica/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: Water quality modelling
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I have chosen this article because there are missing pieces to this article and more explanation is needed.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The lead does include an introductory sentence that describes the articles topic but it is not clear as it only introduces the components of what is included in water quality modeling. The lead does not include a description of the article's major sections. The lead does not present information that is not in the article. The lead may be too concise where the reader is just sent to multiple other articles.


 * 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 is not relevant to the topic as it is a bunch of broken link to formulas. I am not sure if the content is updated but the last update was completed in 2019. Some of the content that is missing would be when are water quality models useful, who uses them, and the methods to compile data to create models. No it does not deal with equity gaps, but it does relate to an underrepresented topic.


 * 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 just gives facts. This article does not in anyway persuade or force to make the reader look at this in a certain viewpoint.


 * 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?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

I do not believe that the information is entirely reliable because some of the sources come from businesses and there is only one scientific paper in the references section. All of the resource links do work which is good. Some of the sources are dated in terms of being published more than 5 year ago, but I would assume that the foundations of modeling has not changed drastically.


 * 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 not well written in terms of just lacking information, but it is easy to read. There are a few grammatical errors, one of them being in the title where modeling has double Ls which is correct in British-English, but in the rest of the article it only has one L for modeling. The article is not organized well as it only has one informative section, the other section is just more of a list of formulas.


 * 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

There are no images in this article.


 * 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

The conversations about this article mostly acknowledge that there is missing information and lots of questions, and everyone has this article on the back burner to edit. This is not part of any other WikiProjects this article is rated very low.


 * 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 overall status of this article is that it is incomplete and poorly developed, so it could use some more 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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